Michael Bridgett
Sep 5, 2018 · 1 min read

But the police are already like this.

They are allowed use your social media and internet footprint to track you. Then they can doxx you once you’ve been arrested with no repurcussions for that action. In Texas, I remember there actually being a 1 dollar magazine filled with Mugshots and stories about people arrested downtown.

Then, police are absolutely allowed to use violence whenever they deem necessary. It doesn’t matter if it’s criminal or civil disobedience. As long as the police are acting toward the protection of the property of the wealthy they can wield pepper spray, tear gas, clubs, rubber bullets, riot gear, and lethal force. And this is before crime or danger to the officers become apparent.

So when you talk about the end justifying the means, you can point at all the cops who “feared for their lives” when shooting unarmed Blacks in the back or choking them to death as the “ends justifying the means,” which becomes evident when the officers don’t get in any legal trouble for it.

So when you rail against a group that exists in response to an ideology that ultimately leads to ethnic cleansing and genocide, you’re basically sympathizing with fascists and white supremacists even if you don’t mean to. That’s what this argument is.

https://medium.com/@MichaelBridgett/those-who-say-antifa-is-more-dangerous-that-the-alt-right-are-white-supremacist-sympathizers-64827da4d9cd

Michael Bridgett

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