The violence was not justified, but it wasn't purely a political disagreement. Ngo was well known and despised by Portland antifa members, not least for doxxing one of their members. There was a strong personal element to the attack, he was hated.
I don't condone brawling or other violence by antifa, but they have no equivalent to church, mosque, or synagogue shootings or the murder of Heyer. Their tactics are unacceptable and in my opinion do more to feed the right wing fear narative than to improve things (I think they should use strictly nonviolent protest), but in no way is US antifa an example of 'they do it too' without a body count.
I don't condone brawling or other violence by antifa, but they have no equivalent to church, mosque, or synagogue shootings or the murder of Heyer. Their tactics are unacceptable and in my opinion do more to feed the right wing fear narative than to improve things (I think they should use strictly nonviolent protest), but in no way is US antifa an example of 'they do it too' without a body count.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
