They Say Clothing Makes the Man

This will be a post seen by only a handful of people, for I won’t post it to Facebook as I am wont to do for most of my posts, but I did want to jot down a couple of thoughts I’ve had about the ongoing cycle of political posturing, and violence, regarding the removal of Confederate commemorative statues, the white supremacists, and their opponents the BLM and Antifa (Anti-fascist).

Many of the millennial youth agree that if the statues offend someone they should be torn down, others argue they are part of our history and should remain.  As a society, we have the right to change our minds about things we’ve done in the past, and for better or worse we have elected people to make those choices for us.  This is the way it is in a Republic.  The fact we may not like the choices of our elected officials is why we have the protection of the 1^st Amendment and the right to protest those decisions, or protest the protestors of the decisions.

But with the KKK, BLM, Antifa, or any other hate group we cross over the line where intimidation or violence serve as political sledge hammers to force people into line.  The fact some groups are supported by one party while others are condemned only serves to reinforce for the average person the party that offers them shelter sees political gain in their hate.

So, we come to this question.  What is the difference between a fascist and an anti-fascist?  The color of their clothing.  One likes brown (or white), the other likes black.   

  As far as I can tell that is the only difference. Oh, their supporters will go on and on about how stark the contrast, and how evil fascism is for all the people the Nazis or Japanese killed when they controlled power, but is that relevant?  Do we really think the anti-fascists or any racially driven movement wouldn’t violate another’s human rights if given half a chance?  

   I don’t.