"I would also put a tiny note in about how, for many counter-protesters,
showing up with weapons might have been a vehicle for self-defense,
especially if they happen to be non-White passing."

Ahem. I don't think you mean "walks by". I think you mean "marches by, heavily armed, carrying a torch, and screaming Nazi slogans and racist, sexist and homophobic slurs".

"marching through the streets complaining about BLM, black people in general, or the "left""

the technical term is 'false moral equivalence'.

*steps on rake*

…our decision desk is reporting that 'fascists' will also be considered acceptable.

Well, it just means your VPN service tracks you instead. And there are a *lot* of mechanisms sites you visit can use to track you, most of which aren't defeated in any way by a VPN…

Hey, that's a terrible slander. I have it on good authority that several doctors are willing to consider golf 'exercise' even if you drive a cart.

Why, do you usually make financial decisions based on emails you receive from complete strangers claiming to be from the future? Because if so, I mean, I think I may have a theory as to why you can't seem to scrape together the money for a bigger cardboard box…

meanwhile, on this topic, holy *shit* where do I go to invest in the professional sign-making industry? because I know a growth market when I see one…

How about this: anyone who punches a Nazi must be willing to be arrested, tried and sentenced for it.

As I heard it, they claimed they were there to provide security to both sides. You know, because they have an excellent record of providing security to folks like Black Lives Matter.

Nice attempt at diversion, kid. You claimed there weren't any direct examples of Trump making racist remarks. I cited one. End of argument.

What, you mean like saying that a judge had "an absolute conflict" in presiding over the Trump University case given that he is "of Mexican heritage"? A comment that *Paul Ryan* said was a textbook example of racism? You mean on-the-record racist statements like that?

Come on, now. It's not *solely* because of his race and gender. He's also friends with the President.

Well, look, in the AV Club's defence, there were a whole lot of Community and Parks and Recreation episodes they were legally required to include under the terms of whatever contract they signed back then that required every fucking article to mention both those shows at least six times…

Well I mean it's more 1910s-1970s (yes, that long!) fiction:

Then you, sir and/or madam, have a wonderful late summer ahead of you reading the entire Jeeves & Wooster collection. Start now, you'll be at least 59% happier in the morning.

How about let's not.

One of the most pathetic parts of the whole thing (boy, that's a strong competition) is that even if you accept the 'science' at face value it *doesn't* in fact support his sexist views. As Yonatan Zunger (who was until very recently a rather higher level Google person) excellently pointed out: