Civil rights are tested by the protection of those same rights for those one detests.
As the prosecutions for the street violence proceed, we will see what happened, how much agitation came from outside the community, and how much came from inside. The people who committed the crimes are not cretins or savages or ape-shit crazy, or to be described by any other label that implies some sort of immutable biological inferiority explaining why they just couldn't help "being themselves". They are criminals, a social failing. They chose to act the way they did as individuals.
In the meantime, has anyone cared to question why neo-Nazis would want to march so close to the Jewish high holy days? Oh, but they would never want to provoke anyone.
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As much as I hate to say this, you're right, they do.
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- Holy Toledo.
- Nazis are entitled to demonstrate in this country (to the extent that anyone is)
- More on this, by Chris Maag of Time
- well Lee, when it comes to dealing with Nazis -
- Are neo-Nazis also savages, Lee? (n/t)
- Nazis are ALL savages! (n/t)
- But they still have a right to assemble and be heard.
- Not when their presence will incite a riot.
- As much as I hate to say this, you're right, they do.
- They represent hatred, so I don't think they do have a right.
- The meantime
- If people walking down a street provokes someone, who does that reflect badly on?
- But they still have a right to assemble and be heard.
- They were perfectly civil in this case.
- Nazis are ALL savages! (n/t)
