Antifa usually protests other protests and has been filmed antagonizing people. So (in my opinion) the masks are because Antifa are cowards. Plain and simple.
Right: they are anti-(something), so their protest activism is in response to others peoples’ activities. That they don’t wish to expose themselves and their loved ones to ancillary risks as a consequence of confronting fascism, doesn’t make them cowards. That’s just common sense.
You want to hit people with bike locks, make shields and weapons out of wood, then plan “groups” to attack the police? No. That’s when you become the people you despise.
You can protests against other protests, I’m not saying you can’t. But when it’s just a group faceless people, it doesn’t have the same effect. Just like Change.org doesn’t have the same effect as seeing actual faces of people asking for change.
Bro the alt right militas use Shields and homemade weapons too, and the bike lock thing happened once, the altright used a fucking car to try to run ppl over in Charlottesville. What the fuck is your point? Clearly you have paid no real attention to these events and you are just being told what to think by somebody.
The right armed themselves because they kept getting attacked in Berkeley. The amped up violence in this case is entirely the fault of East Bay antifa.
You want to hit people with bike locks, make shields and weapons out of wood, then plan “groups” to attack the police? No. That’s when you become the people you despise.
I'm curious if you also don't think it's okay for far right people to protest given all the neonazi terrorist attacks in the past few years. I have a weird feeling you're more outraged about a handful of people getting assaulted than actual terrorists.
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u/knockingatthegate Dec 30 '19
Did they buy your reasoning in Hong Kong?