Philosoraptor: Antifa Attacks Peaceful Right-Wing Protesters in Berkeley

Monday, August 28, 2017

I'm not surprised that it happened at all...I'm surprised that it was reported, and in such a straightforward way.

Random Michelle K said...: Did you see this?

I love Al Lister's work on Reveal, where he has had long conversations with racists and covers other difficult subjects.

For TL/DR:

"What came to me was that he was a human being, and I didn't want to see anybody die. And, you know, I've been thinking a lot about the events in Charlottesville, and I remember seeing the pictures of a young man being brutally beaten by these guys with poles, and when I saw that I thought, "why didn't anybody step in?"

And you know, in retrospect, it doesn't matter if he doesn't see my humanity, what matters to me is that I see his. What he thinks about me and all of that, like — my humanity is not dependent upon that."

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/28/546831794/i-saw-his-humanity-reveal-host-on-protecting-right-wing-protester; 8:34 AM
Winston Smith said...: Thanks, MK, I had not seen this.

Reminds me of the truly inspiring Keshia Thomas incident:

http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2016/06/saving_man_from_beating_at_kkk.html; 8:46 AM