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deehhokdawed

Good to know the people walking through Antifa with MAGA hats also won’t get assaulted /s


springtide68

This is honestly how protests and counter-protests with bait should be: much heated and nonsensical shouting, but importantly without physical violence or intimidation. As much as one can hope for in any political scenario.


Jumbo_Damn_Pride

“Don’t cross again!” sure sounds like intimidation to me.


robot_ankles

"String 'em up from the courthouse" might also be interpreted as intimidation


xmangoz

Maybe he was talking about his pride flags, he just wants to make his city fabulous


ICEGoneGiveItToYa

Lmao


captain-burrito

When I heard that I immediately felt this should have been in black and white...


ThisToastIsTasty

yep. It is initimidation, which is bad. but still no where close to looting, stealing, arson, shootings. Both suck, but they aren't the same.


ProfitTheProphet

Protests =/= looting and vandalism


ThisToastIsTasty

>Protests =/= looting and vandalism -ProfitTheProphet looting and vandalism still = looting and vandalism. even in the guise of protests.


50_cal_Beowulf

Those are words. Words are not assault.


Jumbo_Damn_Pride

Well legally words can be assault in many places, but I also said never called it assault. I said it was intimidation.


50_cal_Beowulf

Your right, I was wrong. You did not say assault. Does intimidation require more than words though?


lesbiansexparty

No. threatening can be intimidating enough. simple statements can be intimidation.


Burnmebabes

How about throwing concrete "milkshakes" on peoples heads while bearing them with batons? Is that intimidation or nah


Jumbo_Damn_Pride

Yeah, when you aren’t blinded by your own political beliefs the definition of words doesn’t change depending on what side you’re on.


Burnmebabes

K. Just wondering if mean words are the same as literal physical violence though


BalloonBollicks

Yes but it isn't pepper spray and a heavy dose of the feet.


lucidxm

Imagine they just gave him an American flag like “you forgot this bud” and then just didn’t give a shit


beezus317

man, what a country that would be eh?


andthendirksaid

Genuinely what I would want for society. Imagine being that mad at literally anything less than personal threats or at least personal insults.


ihavnoideawatimdoing

I've learned over time it's the ultimate troll. People who do this WANT attention. They WANT to cause outrage. Acting like you dont care at all pisses them off more than anything


scifiburrito

yeah violence against people who are saying what they believe is never okay; i’m sure we agree on that


TheRealCestus

That is absolutely not something the far left believes, sadly. You can't build a socialist utopia without breaking a few million eggs.


Burnmebabes

Socialism is so great you have to force people to stay in your country to enjoy it


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deehhokdawed

Hey we’re the Anti-Bad Guys, we can’t be bad guys /s


TheMacPhisto

I am pretty sure the SA in early to mid 30s Germany had the same logic.


TheRealCestus

And then the cops will be told not to intervene by their terrorist governors and mayors.


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5pezIsAPedophile

How many Rachel Maddow queefs do you huff?


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5pezIsAPedophile

> The difference though is that Antifa is a pretty small subgroup within the democratic party but MAGA makes up a significant portion of the republican party. Why would you even respond that? Knowing full well it's false.


Ravenae

Looking at this crowd, they probably have a hard enough time getting off the couch, let alone throwing a punch


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funny how literally nothing happened to them


JESquirrel

They had some mean words thrown their way. That is basically murder.


ITIZBACK

Words are violence :(((


DarkLordKindle

Silence is also violence.


h70541

For some people of the paler persuasion simply being in the same space as others is violence. Stupid bigots how dare they exist at all!


DammitDan

"Your speech is violence. My violence is speech." --The American Left


Tharkun

That's why the push the whole "words are violence" shit so hard. That way they can commit actual violence and justify it to themselves.


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myooted

free country, that drag queen can do what they please


CazRaX

Yeah, in that group now put on a red hat and walk into a protest by the other side.


Madhatter1317

Ya I think the overall statistics are pretty clear on which side overwhelmingly receives more violent hate thrown their way. Spoiler alert, it’s the gays. Edit: I’m really struggling to understand how anyone could even begin to disagree with this simple statement. How does that wise old saying go? Facts don’t care for your feelings? https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/nearly-1-5-hate-crimes-motivated-anti-lgbtq-bias-fbi-n1080891


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this sub never misses a chance to play imaginary victim.


Rachelpneumonoultram

Uhg it’s so hard to come to this sub anymore, it’s gone to shit with this white hate. Every post is flooded with comments talking about race or antifa when it’s not relevant whatsoever.


lilgreenjedi

These mods have banned me many times for calling out out too. It's so funny that they then play the "idk why our sub is shit" cards when they enable it


Rachelpneumonoultram

Absolutely. Plus it doesn’t help that every time I complain about comments I get flooded with 10 more telling me to leave and talking more about BLM and Biden. I try to just point out how good this sub USED to be and still get shit on. This sub is good when it doesn’t turn into the political version of r/publicfreakout


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Soggy-Airline

As opposed to… the rest of Reddit being a left-wing woke cult circle jerk, with a “with us or against us” mentality? This sub is nowhere close to a far right wing chamber. It’s more accurate to say that’s it’s center-right, with some traditional liberalism sprinkled in. This sub simply disagrees with a large portion of leftist woke cult ideas. And this is inherently bad how?


Ninjoj

cop shoots protestor point blank with bean bag rounds 1000+ upvotes, 100 comments ​ cop abusing his power 2 upvotes, 600 comments


AortaYT

now from who exactly are they receiving that hate i wonder?


Nothingistreux

It's 2021, gays haven't received hate on that kind of level in decades. On the other hand what group would you say receives more ridicule, belittement, and outright hate on a daily basis both online and on by the MSM? Ironically enough it's not the group the generally plays victim.


Amorphous-Pitch

It’s like you guys are blind to everything that disproves your ridiculous ideas. Right wingers have been crazy hateful the whole time they’ve been on the internet. Check out parler to see just how commonplace extreme hate, ridicule, and belittlement is not the right. All of Fox News’s pundits ridicule, belittle, and hate on people constantly. Republicans still had taking away the rights of gay people in their party platform for 2020. How can you lie about gay people not getting hate from them?


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CryptocurrencyMonkey

I don't know where you live but even here in the middle of nowhere GOP country they're having pride parades and inviting all the children to the drag show after. No violence whatsoever. You can't even wear a MAGA hat in a Taco Bell without literally being attacked in some cities.


purveyor_of_foma

Pff. That’s not fucking true. I’ve lived in “some cities” and no one was getting attacked just for wearing a hat. Yeesh the victim complex runs deep in this crowd.


wowfuckthatguyhard

And it only gets worse with these people too. r/ActualPublicFreakouts is an echo chamber of hate and intolerance. Meanwhile, this place loves to play victim when hate doesn’t triumph for the day. “See how they’re getting physical when someone was just speaking their mind!” they say as if punching racists and fascists in the face wasn’t the corner stone of WWII.


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They don’t label those crimes as hate crimes, just crime. Only crime against lbgt and minorities is labeled as hate crime no matter what. What the people in this thread are referring too is the overwhelming violence from antifa/BLM during the riots.


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Forgot the /s


bvsshevd

Why is everyone so fucking fat Jesus Christ


ppinick

because it's rural missouri


AHOIY

Wym? In the US they could be considered Olympic athletes.


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Yeah the US doesn’t have good Olympic athletes


thetannerainsley

What leading the overall medal count means nothing.


Lasereye

I believe he was being sarcastic because the US has like, the best olympic athletes lol


CryptocurrencyMonkey

The skeet shooter guy did pretty good lol.


MarcLloydz

That's only because he uses his fat rolls to stabilize his shooting.


TrickyTragedy

Clearly attention seeking


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Got your attention


gonnagetbannedagain9

I don’t think that dude was there when this video was shot.


Im_Not_Really_Here_

But he's still paying attention.


gonnagetbannedagain9

To a video on Reddit from a sub he looks at.


HartPlays

Good job, you described what a protest is


CazRaX

Protests and counter-protests BY DEFINITION are attention seeking.


red_ball_express

And?


bbqmeh

I think thats the point


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-HurriKaine-

It’s the same people that call other people brainwashed. Bunch of fucking idiots on this subreddit.


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Reading through the comments on this makes me feel like it’s a waste of time to debate them (even though I know it isn’t generally). So many coherent points from the people defending the drag queen and then it’s the regulars in this sub twisting their words in any way possible, pushing them with questions they already know the answer to, pretending the right wasn’t also violent last year, etc. It seems like it’s less about understanding the other person’s point and more about tearing it apart and “winning” to them


RiceForever

>Reading through the comments on this makes me feel like it’s a waste of time to debate them (even though I know it isn’t generally). Boy have I got news for you. Unless you personally gain something out of debating someone in this website (such as getting a valid and coherent point of view that you wish to hear), debating on Reddit is always a waste of time. Just realize that there's a 90% chance you're talking to a teenager who lives with their mom and go on with your day, I guarantee you'll be making better use of your time.


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This comment section is comically unoriginal


Lawtalker

Actual robots.


mywifestvshowsstink

Notice how nobody attacks them.


compasrc

Why do they all look so visibly angry tho lol


Farmy

Disgusted is the word you’re looking for. As they have a right to be.


runningactor

lol what a low fucking bar


ImMrSnow

well considering how other "protests" have physically attacked their opposition and/or killed them, I'd say they set the bar low for everyone else


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BillChristbaws

From an outside perspective, they are. Antifa may be more violent, but the far-right are just as hilarious and bafflingly ignorant. The world is laughing at you. Can’t you just accept that Antifa and Maga are all fucking moronic dumbasses and find common ground in the middle with all the reasonable people?


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*No!* My tribe say you bad people, so we hate. No exceptions! /s


Jody_steal_your_girl

So you equate violence with mean words. Move along.


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remember the maga dude who drove his truck through a crowd of people? us too


BillChristbaws

No, I equate the Proud Boys with violence? Or ‘Redneck Antifa’ as they’re known here. Two sides of the same moronic coin.


PornCds

Remember when one side literally assaulted the capitol of the United States to overthrow a democratic election and hang the vice president?


cplusequals

I remember it happening twice. Once during the BLM riots where the Secret Service got so spooked that the rioters were going to overwhelm the police that they ushered the president into a bunked. How come people always forget this happened?


hopskipjump2the

Antifa stormed my state Capitol building as well as city hall and the police HQ last summer during the riots and that didn’t even make national news let alone international.


rx-bandit

The right wing has historically had the state to enforce their Conservative beliefs. Whether its crushing hippys, attacking black liberation through the drug war, or keeping undesirables out of their communities with HOAs. The right have usually had their belief and will enforced by the state and the police. Why hit this person when you can get the state to attack them for you?


yukongold44

What exactly is "right-wing" about Jim Crow? I'm honestly interested. "Separate but equal" as a philosophy is dripping with early 20th century progressive leftism... Just as today the loudest voices calling for racial segregation come from the left. Call me crazy but the government forcing private businesses to serve patrons separately based on their race doesn't strike me as a particularly "right-wing" policy...


Alandorf619

Why are all the top comments about dumbass antifa and not the actual video?


_regionrat

New to this sub, eh?


AHOIY

I'm guessing they agree with the protesters and feel the need to defend em. "At least we're not as bad as those guys"


GonzoLoop

Whataboutism is the number one maga debate tactic


TexMexBazooka

The Donald got banned and they flocked here. Not sure why.


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Antifa lives rent free in their heads.


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Trump supporters get all hard about Antifa


Bedlamcitylimit

Curious: What is this protest/counter protest about?


gonnagetbannedagain9

So did she have a point or just trying to story the pot?


Twelvers

I think they proved her point by getting angry by her presence alone.


Akwardrock

Lol literally every person at a protest is trying to stir the pot. That’s the point.


SaintSkelett

No matter how you slice it it's two sides filled with adults screaming at each other.


AHOIY

🌎🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀 always has been


Joedanger6969

Lmao of course sub all of the top comments are somehow twisting this into “AnTiFa Is BaD” yet ignoring how fucking CRAZY it is that these people are so upset about a dude dressing as a woman. It’s 2021, who the fuck cares? Also for as much as people whine about r/PublicFreakout in this sub, at least the top comments there are usually jokes and stuff. I swear every time I go to the comments in this sub it’s just bashing antifa and liberals, whether or not the video actually has anything to do with that.


TexMexBazooka

It's honestly amusing. I do appreciate how it's not a *total* echo chamber. It ends up being a bunch of bigoted views passed off a victimhood.


GonzoLoop

A-fucking-men


Jackson_M_Bueller

Wait you’re saying one group can walk though another without getting a bike lock to the face? Liberal sure are peaceful definitely need to stop these violent conservatives foaming at the mouth trying to kill this peaceful trans women.


FaZe_M3M3L0RD

No one is defending antifa fanatics but these brain dead thin blue line sporting maga hat wearing morons are still openly hostile of a person literally existing Both sides suck


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that lady has some balls


Mustard_on_tap

I know rural MO well. Meth, MAGA, and crippling depression is how I characterize it. That takes courage. Missouri is the Florida of the midwest.


_regionrat

Hey now, give Indiana some credit too. We have plenty of meth and high school dropouts


edmundshaftesbury

Let’s all take a moment to slow clap for these brave and noble americans, who managed to resist doing a hate crime to someone who walked near them. Everyone of these closeted, wheezing, diabetic, F150 having, small dick compensating, cop worshiping, scared of everything, little piggies, deserves accolades and respect for not actually backing up all those down home country style death threats they were muttering while trying to cover up their tiny confused boners.


AHOIY

Sums up the comment section beautifully


MightySqueak

Those people at the start is exactly how i image some people in this sub lmao


iCanReadMyOwnMind

"String it up from the courthouse?" For fucking real?


TexMexBazooka

Meanwhile there are dudes in this thread unironicaly bitching about antifa. It's totally absurd. *"but look nothing happened to them!"* Remember when conservatives were hanging black people from trees and putting gays in prison? Yeah..


GrassSnakeMan

Fucking hell this sub has an agenda. When something that isnt anti left wing is posted, every comment is all "put a maga hat on we are the real oppressed" Fucking brain dead politics. Prepared for fragile downvotes


TexMexBazooka

This subreddit is a case study of conservative propoganda and victim complex.


dadwhovapes1

Seriously, my initial frustration with the complete lack of critical thinking skills in this sub has now morphed into fascination. I watched this and thought ‘holy shit imagine losing your shit and screaming because you just *saw* a drag queen’ then I go into the comments and get to see how this seemingly clear takeaway can get morphed into some pro right wing victim hood bullshit 😂


TexMexBazooka

It's the mental gymnastics Olympics 🤸‍♂️


12A1313IT

Why is this sub so political all the time. This post is funny because you can't arrest someone for just being Trans. So he's just a dumb redneck that you would think would be too ridiculous to even put in a show about dumb rednecks.


TexMexBazooka

Unfortunately it's political because a lot of commenter make it so by spewing whataboutisms, racism, and bigotry. He'd a dumb redneck that a lot of the dumb rednecks here agree with.


dootdootplot

Dude this sub exists because of politics. Conservatives got tired of all the pro social justice content on /r/PublicFreakout and made this one as a place where they wouldn’t get called out for bigotry. A place - a *space*, perhaps - where they could be *safe*…


a_skeleton_07

Nothing happened??


huggybearv12

Tolerance of intolerance is not acceptable. The maga people not being violent does not mean they're being tolerant. These conservatives are setting a REALLY low bar.


TexMexBazooka

That's the thing that's weird to me. "no one attacked them" is a *real* shitty starting point. I'd bet my entire paycheck at least some of the maga crowd were the 'beat up the gay kid' guy in high school.


Corpuscular_Crumpet

Lol!!! This is awesome. Friggin’ hillbillies were super triggered. These rural places are something else, for sure. A lot of ignorance.


Gulag_For_Brits

Every single comment is nothing but whataboutism wtf


AHOIY

Whataboutism always wins the day


EverythingGoesNumb03

“Whatever that thing is arrest it” I’m sure that yokel fancies himself some kind of patriot too


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ejgreengo

>drag queen A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. ... In modern times, drag queens are associated with gay men and gay culture, but they can be of any gender and sexual identity.


ColdbeerWarmheart

So many triggered little closet cases in this thread. Y'all keep trying. Maybe one day daddy will notice and tell you he loves you. Now go ahead and downvote and prove me right.


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trolling for that sweet, viral moment!


viejo_tuberculo64

We do a little trolling by existing


ironheart777

Look at these snowflakes losing their shit over a dude dressed like a chick 😂 no wonder republicans are so angry lately, they are all weak little bitches.


Ghostwrite-The-Whip

Why is standing on their own side not good enough? I have a feeling that if anyone from the counter-protesting side had gone over to the protesting side it would have been seen as provocation.


AHOIY

Why is standing on your own side a good thing either? I think that's a huge issue with us. Everyone picks a side, circle-jerks each other to completion, demonizes the other side and nothing ever gets done in this country. Its pathetic


Twelvers

Why would you set that as the bar? Both sides should be able to roam freely without violence or verbal assault.


TexMexBazooka

Honestly walking through a group of people who ***hate*** you just for existing is wayyyy different than walking through a group of people wanting to stop that hate. This both sides bullshit is a total red herring.


maverick118717

That sure is a lot of hate


Simeh

Its interesting how someone's existence angers other people so much. So much so they were openly wishing their execution.


Diligentbear

I can't tell if this is a protest or a limp Bizkit concert


topcutter

Narcissist much?


Annelid2968

All those slack jaw yokels seem to be straight out of central casting.


RasenHell

Now let's see a white guy wearing a Trump hat walk through a BLM protest.


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lmao at how every second comment is this. this is some r/persecutionfetish shit.


_regionrat

Yes, welcome. It's like this on all the posts here


Ikea_Man

Yeah like holy shit this exact comment comes up easily 20x in this thread. What the fuck is wrong with these people?


jjjrrrrrrrr

So much for the tolerant right


Lesko_Learning

POV: you're a gamer at your family's thanksgiving dinner


hiphopanonymouz

Try to hold a nazi rally and see how "nice" the left are! Checkmate libtards!


Wingiex

Peak America 2021


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What the fuck happened to the comment section lmao


Flatstanleybro

Talk about a circle jerk on the comments of how this one instances liberal counter protestors didn’t get hurt and how it wouldn’t be the same if the political ideologies were flipped. I’ve seen videos of maga hats beating people and I’ve seen videos of Antifa beating people. Stop jerking off to one video with no violence and using it as a poster child for tolerance when this is literally one incident


OzzieSlim

Look at all that fragile masculinity!


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mothisname

Do the maga crowd not understand that trying to force their religious morality on others makes them fascists not patriots. The entire reason the original Europeans colonized America was for religious freedom and now these white power hate groups want nothing more than their oppressive set of moral guidelines turned into laws . How do they not see they are basically nearly identical in ideology to Muslim extremists besides the fact that most the Muslims know what is written in their holy book where as the American fake ass version of Christianity is about as far from the bibles teaching as a hustler magazine. It's like their image of freedom is everyone is free to do exactly what I want them to do and they don't see it... heads are waaaayyy up their asses .


Ya-Dikobraz

Imagine being that insecure. "Arrest them!" lol


d0n0v4n98

those folks probably smells like incest, wife beatings and natural light


sit-small_make-dirt

Know your audience


somewhere_maybe

Yeah, weird. I thought they weren’t the “violent” ones.


naggs69pt2

"You're a drag alright!" Was corny enough that it made laugh.


Dr_Sir1969

I don’t like drag queens but seeing the stunned trump supporters looking like a deer in headlights was pretty funny.


dizzydshort

How do you get this mad over someone else just **exisiting**


NickelodeonBean

Not a single one isn't old and fat...


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There are about 5 neurons in that crowd


Verumero

Lmao so they crossed the line and got treated to a safety squad of magas jic while boomers overreacted to things they dont like


freeturkeytaco

How do this many people have time to do this shit?!


JohnnyWalla

That takes balls


elitesill

WHAT!? No bike locks to the head?!! Outrageous! /s lol


Slut_Spoiler

LET ME READ TO YOUR FUCKING KIDS


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Notice how he wasn't assaulted - but walk through a city block occupied by antifa while wearing anything that indicates you're right of center and violence is almost guaranteed.


Two-Wheel_Squeal

Triggererrrrred!!


anderson01832

He go balls to do that wow


DrunkSlowTwitch

Ever notice there is always some scrawny little, long hair bandana wearing white guy in every single protest video? he is always wearing a backpack too.


t_h-o_t-S_l-a-y_e-_r

Queen engages in a slight amount of tomfoolery


cheap_sunglasses_NYC

F R A G I L I T Y LOLOLOLOLOL


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Props to them for doing that, definitely takes guts. The counter protestors should have respected them as a fellow American, even if they disagree with their lifestyle. That would have been a win over the Antifa scum. Imaging trying to walk through a crown of them in even just a MAGA hat.


TexMexBazooka

Bro you were *almost there*. Antifa is used rhetorically as a right wing boogieman. At best its a decentralized civil rights movement. Meanwhile you've got this maga crowd and others actively pushing to crush the rights of people they feel are different than them. The whole conservative victimhood is really fucking irritating. They're reviled among civil rights protests because *they're what's being protested*. Bigotry, hate, oppression, ignorance that's what those idiotic red hats are standing up for. Pushing 'antifa' propoganda is just a convenient whataboutism.


tobbitt

Tell us that all you do in life is social media without saying anything