
Radical anarchist groups such as antifa and By Any Means Necessary have defended their use of force to suppress right-of-center speech as a “self-defense” strategy against the rise of fascism. We need to shut down these rallies they’re just a bunch of extremists.’” “If we would have gone in there and just had a huge fight, huge brawls, it would have been like, ‘See, we need to shut down these rallies. “Yes, that is true, but the tides are turning,” he said. “They’re just trying to cover their asses,” he said. Gibson insisted that violence will only backfire on those fighting socialism and communism, even though he agreed that liberals who have denounced antifa are lying. One fringe right-wing Portland figure, Allen Pucket, said last week on Facebook that “any movement forward in the future will inevitably have bloodshed.” Not everybody is on board with nonviolent resistance. And we marched in there, we marched in there with our hands up ready to take the beating with the cameras rolling so everyone can see, so we can expose antifa for who they are,” Mr. Another prominent Patriot Prayer organizer, Will Johnson, is black. Gibson describes himself as half-Japanese.

Gibson said his friend threw no punches in Berkeley. Toese, who was clobbered in the nose and was cited for disorderly conduct, but Mr. One of those who mixed it up with counterprotesters was Mr. “As Portland Police Stand By, Alt-Right and Antifa Protesters Beat Each Other Bloody,” said the headline in the Willamette Week.

6, a brawl broke out between small bands of antifa counterprotesters and right-wing activists. At the Patriot Prayer rally in Portland on Aug. Persuading others on the right to shrug off the blows may be easier said than done. The liberals were literally standing around with peace signs and love signs while antifa is just yelling and cussing and beating the crap out of us and pepper-spraying us.” In Berkeley, he said, “So many people were so disgusted about how they treated us. in embracing nonviolent resistance to counter the narrative that “we’re a bunch of extremists.” Gibson urged those planning to attend the Portland rally to follow the examples of Jesus, Mohandas Gandhi and the Rev.
