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CasanovaZelos posted...

Fighting back until they are covered in the news for weeks and forcing right-leaning government officials to make explicit statements against their beliefs makes that statement harder to spread. It brings forward a national discussion where condemnation of white supremacy becomes clear. Many people teetering on the edge will hopefully see the responses that wouldn't be there without the protests. They would likely still hold their racist beliefs, but it's falling into the belief that 'this is what the nation really wants' that escalates many people into joining these groups. Like most people, they believe what they're doing is the right thing.

Right. Let's say they march with no resistance and no one got physically hurt.

Yeah, from a very narrow perspective, that's better.

But if you expand the lens, you get people saying "hey these guys aren't so bad! They just care about their heritage!"

And you see the danger that poses, I hope.

Like, you've seen the Cantwell crying video right? HE at least got the message, at least in that moment, that his views are not welcome. And it's exactly how, if they're left unchallenged, the targets of their hatred would feel instead. I know which side I would rather reduce to a blubbering wreck.
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