Organizers postpone Google protest marches, citing 'alt-left terrorist' threats

[MosheFeingold]

13. Lesson: be better than Alt-Right

Any examples of violence from the left will be trumpeted from the White House. To wit:

1. The shooting of 5 Dallas police officers by fringe member of BLM made BLM look bad;
2. My fellow Bernie supporter who shot a Congressman made us look bad; and
3. The antics of ANTIFA doing stupid things in Berkeley made us look bad.

Responding with violence to these racist idiots (no matter how well deserved) creates the polarization and fear the Alt-Right feeds upon. It's the same crap that let Hitler rise to power in the 1930s.

Lesson:

Don't play their game. Don't counterprotest. Don't show up. Ignore them. Don't run stories about them.

A bunch of trailer park idiots show up at Emancipation Park? Ignore them, and it may not even make the local news. Go punch one of their leaders in the face and start a riot? While it's emotionally satisfying, it's then national news for two weeks.

We used to be able to do this. A million TEA party morons and anti-choice morons marched on Washington several times over the last couple of years. It barely made the news. Why? Because no one got hurt.

Violent counter-protesting satisfies my desire to beat these people with sticks, but it is not the long term solution.

Ignoring the trailer-park trash is.