Charlottesville: Man who punched Unite the Right Organizer found guilty of Assault. $1 Fine

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zinfamous

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If some snowflake doesn't like something then they should cry into their pillow or whine to anyone willing to listen, not confront people in public who don't care to entertain them.

$1? Yeah it's not enough of a deterrent. Fine or jail time or both, especially for someone so mentally imbalanced that they escalate to violence without real provocation.

Huh? why do Nazi snowflakes think the public is willing to listen to listen to their bullshit? They have some protected right to Nazi in public but the public has no right to turn that shit around in their faces?

Here's a question: why do republican pissants fundamentally fail every goddamn 1st amendment test that is presented to them? Unbelievable, but always predictable.
 
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zinfamous

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Is that a justification?
Personally, I've never heard Trump ask for violence, but I don't listen to him often.

the fuck? did you just pull your eyes and ears out of their respective orifices a few years ago? You defend your claim by saying you haven't listened to him....I find this claim dubious, at best.
What if you were presented with the many documented Trump rallies where he requests that his acolytes beat up those that disagree with them, that he will pay for their court costs, that protesters should have their property confiscated (winter jackets int he middle of February), where Police should be extra-harsh when arresting suspects? None of that rings true?

lol--imagine if the black man said these things. You'd be incandescent with rage. :D
 
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WelshBloke

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It works both ways you know, the Nazis get their shot as well. Promoting violence is a mistake, because it will absolutely work, we will get more violence.
Oh my! What was I thinking! We are setting a bad example for these poor misunderstood Nazis!

Obviously Hitler just needed a cuddle rather than those terrible, violent allies standing up to him!
 
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Greenman

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So that makes it acceptable? We should attack people we find reprehensible? I'm assuming that if the low life's defend themselves they should be jailed?

You fellows are fucked up. Thank God most people understand the difference between right and wrong.
 

ecogen

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So that makes it acceptable? We should attack people we find reprehensible? I'm assuming that if the low life's defend themselves they should be jailed?

You fellows are fucked up. Thank God most people understand the difference between right and wrong.

Indeed they do, that's why the guy was fined 1$.
 
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WelshBloke

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So that makes it acceptable? We should attack people we find reprehensible? I'm assuming that if the low life's defend themselves they should be jailed?

You fellows are fucked up. Thank God most people understand the difference between right and wrong.
We can also tell the difference between actual Nazis and people we should care about.
 

umbrella39

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Is that a justification?
Personally, I've never heard Trump ask for violence, but I don't listen to him often.

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Donald Trump on protester: 'I'd like to punch him in the face'

Trump on #BlackLivesMatter Protester at Rally: ‘Maybe He Should Have Been Roughed Up’

He said the man was “so obnoxious and so loud,” and after bragging about the size of his crowd, added, “Maybe he should have been roughed up, because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing.”

"if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of 'em, would you? Seriously. Okay?
Just knock the hell — I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees. I promise. I promise."

Trump: "See, in the good old days this didn’t use to happen, because they used to treat them very rough. We’ve become very weak."

During one interruption, Trump said, "Get him out. Try not to hurt him. If you do I’ll defend you in court."

"Are Trump rallies the most fun?" he then asked the crowd. "We’re having a good time." He then recalled an incident at a New Hampshire rally where a protester started "swinging and punching." Trump said some people in the audience "took him out."
 
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woolfe9998

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Whatever position you're taking on this, you should be aware that misdemeanor assault almost never carries even a single day of jail time. The only thing unusual here is the $1 fine. A typical sentence for this sort of thing is a fine $500-$1500, misdemeanor probation (unsupervised), and either community service or an anger management class, or both. He may have gotten those last two. The article doesn't say.
 

Paratus

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All Races are Supreme
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While I agree that at a peaceful rally there should be no violence by demonstrators, protestors or police. When there is violence the courts should ascertain the guilt and punishment as usual.

In this case they rightfully found the guy guilty of misdemeanor assault. The fine may seem like a slap in the face to the white supremacist but nothing like the recent $4 award to the black family.

White supremacists also need to understand this country’s complicated history with them. This country tolerated white supremacy for 80 years from its founding. They began poking the bear. We then killed 100,000s of them, obliterated their forts, and burned their cities.

Then we tolerated them again for another 80 years before finally killing millions of them while creating the most deadly weaponry ever conceived.

So here we are almost 80 years later and white supremacists are poking the bear again. Maybe thirds times the charm for them? But maybe instead pushing for another major confrontation mediocre white men should accept that everyone starts from the position of being equal under the law?
 

jackstar7

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So that makes it acceptable? We should attack people we find reprehensible? I'm assuming that if the low life's defend themselves they should be jailed?

You fellows are fucked up. Thank God most people understand the difference between right and wrong.
Are Nazis engaging and participating in society in good faith?
 

zinfamous

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So that makes it acceptable? We should attack people we find reprehensible? I'm assuming that if the low life's defend themselves they should be jailed?

You fellows are fucked up. Thank God most people understand the difference between right and wrong.

That Nazi sure didn't. He showed up in public with a bunch of other Nazis thinking that he was right, and that their Nazism was acceptable. Then he got punched.

Lesson learned? I doubt it.
 
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wahdangun

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I didn't know that you can punch people because you don't like his word ? Or have different opinions than you?

It's so clear who was the Nazi.
 

soundforbjt

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I didn't know that you can punch people because you don't like his word ? Or have different opinions than you?

It's so clear who was the Nazi.

Sure you can, but you'll have to face the consequences for it.
You seem concerned for the Nazi that got punched.
 

ecogen

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I didn't know that you can punch people because you don't like his word ? Or have different opinions than you?

It's so clear who was the Nazi.

I like how actual Nazis get characterized as "people who have different opinions than you". This isn't about which ice cream flavor is best, asshole.
 

Jhhnn

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It's interesting how the Hair Furor emboldened fringe right wing authoritarians, isn't it? They saw it as a great opportunity to push their hated symbols & rhetoric right in our faces & to instigate violence. They converged on the small town of Charlottesville to do so. Scores were injured & one person died. Budgets were blown away to protect their sorry hateful asses from the townspeople.

As subsequent events have shown they miscalculated badly. Alerted to their threat, the rest of America has been there to confront their bullshit, over & over again. And if things get out of hand occasionally it just reinforces the message, that Nazis & their pals need to STFU & crawl back under their rocks. There are limits to free speech that they violate every time they open their pie holes.

Shee-it, Sherlock. What they advocate calls for violence at a much higher level than scuffles on the street. Jim Crow was not sustained by non-violent means.
 

Greenman

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So the fellow was convicted and fined a dollar. I assume that he's now open to a civil suit with that conviction serving as proof beyond a reasonable doubt that he did indeed attack the Nazi. So in the end, the Nazi might actually do some serious damage to our hero. I need to think about who I'd root for in that situation. Two assholes the world would be better off without. How to choose?
 
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So the fellow was convicted and fined a dollar. I assume that he's now open to a civil suit with that conviction serving as proof beyond a reasonable doubt that he did indeed attack the Nazi. So in the end, the Nazi might actually do some serious damage to our hero. I need to think about who I'd root for in that situation. Two assholes the world would be better off without. How to choose?

Here's a question that might help you decide. Which one wants to throw people in ovens?
 

ch33zw1z

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So the fellow was convicted and fined a dollar. I assume that he's now open to a civil suit with that conviction serving as proof beyond a reasonable doubt that he did indeed attack the Nazi. So in the end, the Nazi might actually do some serious damage to our hero. I need to think about who I'd root for in that situation. Two assholes the world would be better off without. How to choose?

That mere fact that you struggle with the choice says enough about you.
 
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