Reply #60: I know who you are talking about, and they are nothing like the far-right [View All]

There were a few incidents of property damage during a couple of the protests in the 90's but if you look at the actual amount of it it was very minimal. There were a few broken windows, but breaking windows is a tactic, a very dumb tactic yes, but the point is that it is a tactic not an ideology. The US right-wing ideology is specifically about militarism, it is about building an authoritarian state while the left is about breaking away from militarism and resisting authoritarianism.

By far the vast majorities of the protesters in Seattle were peaceful and they were carrying a message of human rights. The police were the ones that exercised the violence in Seattle, seriously watch some of the videos and you will see extreme police tactics. Tear gassing crowds of people, plenty of batons, and many unjust arrests.

I have been exposed to plenty of leftist literature, and I have never seen anything that can be compared to the material put out by the far-right.