Guy was a psycho that in other circumstances would be described as a thug
I don't get the love of violence you get on here from some, I saw it here when the EDL came to town:, the anti's were using all the same jumping on the spot, flailing arms, etc that the football hoolies use.
and no I'm not condoning the bottle throwing at the crowd, etc.
ffs Tree lover..
you seem to have learnt nothing from even recent history.
I remember you stating something similar years back on the Beating the Fascists thread. Have you not even grasped the basics that if there weren't people 'up for it' , you would not be able to have peaceful marches , if the oppo weren't sufficiently wary, or any marches, if there weren't any 'up for it'.
and those that you call 'pyschos and thugs'...even 'football' sorts,... put themselves, their lives, houses, jobs, marriages, seeing their kids, up for grabs.
'love of violence'?! have you no idea?!.. actually I don't think you have. Violence is a tactic, not a principle...one that can not only lead to a life changing fit up and and conviction on any day out that these 'thugs/psychos' were on, but an injury ..brain damage from any strike to the head...that's what these 'people' are risking...so you can have the next march..
in my experience, those of your thinking were a hindrance to those seeking to gain the support of those who mattered...the local working class. They don't seem to have respect for those who clamour for support from the same state that is shaping their lives. When these middle class interlopers would turn up in an area, with no ground work, get done...doing more damage than if they weren't there!
haven't you grasped that yet, even from Brick Lane 80 years ago?
so plot it out for me..
what would happen if those 'up for it' weren't there?
what would happen on the next march?...would there be a next march?!
from experience, I can tell you , there would be more of the opposition..after such an easy day out.
and you and those of your thinking would be pleading for the state to protect you, writing to your mps for bans on them...
makes the left look good doesn't it?...to those who we want to recruit ?
'love of violence?!' how about glad, yes to inflict some on them as a means to fuck off from this area...think twice about getting a few of your mates to come for the easy day out lefty bashing next time...just a load of tree lovers there, it'll be easy'...
for us, glad to get home in one piece...even then, wait for the knock on the door and subsequent fit up with life on hold for the next year. Love of violence , yeah. always seem to bemoaning the lack of activity of many...but what do you actually risk?...wouldn't normally ask, and not slating any effort you do, but what do you risk, whilst you slag off the thugs and the pyschos who risk everything,,,health, jobs, houses, family...?
ffs.
we'd be lambs to the slaughter.