Reply #28: No, it doesn't justify the police violating someone else's rights.

[Kagemusha]

But they'll do it and cite direct action people being in cahoots with peaceful protestors regardless of what you and I think.

And it's actually not blaming that small group for what the police do, that's not what right-wingers do. They blame the peaceful protestors - the large group - for harboring the provocateurs and cheering them on privately while denouncing them publicly.

That's just close enough to the truth to muddy the waters, which is why I don't like talk like this.

Sorry if you think I misconstrued what you said. I just regard it as a distinction without a difference here.