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In reply to the discussion: WTF are people protesting outside the DNC??? [View all]Jedi Guy
(3,308 posts)Bringing it up every time someone on the left might have committed violence at a protest is very much a, "Yes, but...!" It's possible a right wing provocateur did it. It's equally possible that someone on the left got carried away at a protest and did something dumb. We should be able to call out violence on the left without tacking on a, "Yes, but...!" It's possible to condemn both things and avoid excusing our side just because they're our side.
People on the left aren't automatically angels by virtue of being on the left any more than people on the right are automatically devils by virtue (or lack thereof, as the case may be) of being on the right. Automatically asserting that right wing provocateurs are to blame is, again, facile. Reality is far more nuanced than that. Sometimes, just sometimes, people on our side can behave badly. It's best to acknowledge that reality, in my opinion.
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