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In reply to the discussion: Taking a radical right-wing position on the part of an outgroup is not "liberalism." [View all]booley
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The people at this event were trying provoke a response.
And they got one what they wanted. And no they didn't care if anyone not involved may have been shot.
Your Jew in Europe analogy is flawed. This is more like yelling the n word around a black neighborhood. It's trying to gets violent response. Eventually you will get someone who will take the bait. Because the propaganda is so much more important then the consequences.
That doesn't' mean the response is justified. IF someone is trying to bait you, that doesn't' automatically resolve you or responsibility for not being mature enough to not respond.
Sorry but this was bunch of assholes trying to provoke other assholes who in turn got shot by the assholes they wanted to shoot
I really don't' have much sympathy for anyone in that scenario. Both parties would have been just fine is innocent people had been shot. Just one side was more ok with doing the actual firing.
It's not even a liberal thing for me. I am just tired of awful human beings trying to draw the rest of us into their awfulness.
Ok it is a little about liberalism since as a liberal, I think rights are supposed to be used responsibly, not just to troll people. IF this had been cyber bullying we wouldn't just brush it off as "they have a first amendment right"