I am dealing with the subject at hand, which is AntiFa. Please, ask me what I think about Nazis, or start a thread about what conservatives think about Nazis, and I will happily opine.
Thanks, but I'm pretty sure I already know what most conservatives think about Nazis...and doesn't reflect well upon them. If I wanted to ask you about Nazis, I would have done so. What I DID ask you, however, was why you have never expressed any sense of outrage about the hundreds and thousands of domestic terrorist incidents charged to white supremacist/white nationalist types in this country. You've chosen to dodge that question, and I think we both know what, don't we?
Yes. Some liberals have tut-tutted, made excuses for, or outright cheered
"Some", huh? Yes I suppose "some" liberals have done that. On the other hand, we should also say that MANY, MANY Conservatives "have tut-tutted, made excuses for, or outright cheered" the EXPONENTIALLY more prevalent acts of white supremacist/nationalist terrorism/violence. We both know this, don't we? If you don't know it, you're probably part of the problem, Felis Leo.
...a violent organization made up of Communists and Anarchists who physically assault people, destroy property and commit mayhem both against racists and non-racists who are caught in the fray. The fact that they have not killed anyone is certainly a blessing.
Yes, that is as big a blessing as actual Antifa attacks are a rarity. Too bad the same cannot be said about all of the white nationalist/supremacist violence incited by the Right, huh? White supremacist/nationalist types kill hundreds of Americans every year. And yet...not a peep from people like you about it. Questions about that REALITY remain avoided and unaddressed by conservatives like you, who are also the very conservatives who whine and complain when reasonable people question their motives. You people can't hype up every isolated, extremely rare instance of "leftwing" terrorism/racism/etc....while COMPLETELY ignoring or refusing to acknowledge the pervasive acts of violence of right wing bigots/racists/nationalists/etc in our society...and then have the nerve to whine, incessantly, about being mislabeled or perceived as bigots/racists, or at the very least, apologists for bigotry and racism.
Sorry, but you good folk just can't have it both ways.
First, I have not seen very many notable conservatives make excuses for white supremacists who murder, disenfranchise or terrorize minorities.
This response absolutely reeks of hypocrisy. Why would you inject a qualifier like "very many notable" (conservatives) into the equation? That's not what I said...because that's not what YOU originally stated when you accused "Democrats and liberals" of "making excuses for Antifa", remember? You didn't say that "some notable Democrats and liberals make excuses for Antifa". You attributed that to all Democrats and liberals in your original remarks. And my response was to point out that conservatives and republicans make excuses for White Supremacy and White Nationalism...and the FACT that Antifa is a FRACTION of the threat to the life and health of Americans as compared to that of White Nationalism/Supremacy. I then asked you to explain yourself. So far you've only deflected and dissembled.
What does that have to do with Antifa?
It "has to do" with YOU, specifically, your hypocrisy and lack of credibility on issues related to racism, political extremism and domestic terrorism. You're deflecting again, and I think you know that. The issue I raised is/was perfectly clear. Conservatives like you who excuse, ignore and/or remain silent about the LONG-STANDING and COMMON violence of white nationalists/supremacists against other Americans, come across as snowflakes and hypocrites when they attempt to highlight a story like this one about Antifa.
Saying that an organization that goes around physically assaulting people (not nearly all of whom are racists I might add) is not as evil as the National Socialist movement is obvious.
This is more deflection. You don't get credit for stating the obvious, particularly when it's obvious that your are doing so in order to deflect attention away from questions about you. Of course, the National Socialist Movement was (and still is) a fascist movement...but that's irrelevant to this discussion. The issue here is YOUR silence EVERY time an act of white supremacist/nationalist violence makes the news (and this board), which stands in stark contrast to your emphasis on the much less frequent (almost non-existent), and always less severe actions of a tiny group/movement like Antifa.