The man received multiple staples in his head from being attacked, that image alone is going to make the news no matter the context of who attacked first. It's sensational and it shows how hurt he was from the altercations. However again I will note, that the one who is getting all the interviews is Mr. Ngo.
Kelly's injuries are far worse than either Blum's or Ngo's. Kelly doesn't sell the narrative so he's largely ignored. This is manufactured controversy.
Again you are making this personal, lets focus on the topic, not Michael Brown, and not Covington.
I don't think it's personal to use examples of your outlook in the past and how it is not being applied here to back my comment that you pushed a narrative in your comment.
Mr. Ngo was not wearing body armor or part of any of the protests.
And he only sustained minor injuries.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/3/20677645/antifa-portland-andy-ngo-proud-boys
This article explains it pretty well. Ngo goes into these situations, riles people up and then they respond. Just this time he got hit a few more times than he planned. Either way, he's well enough to be on tv in the days immediately after.
Again because the mayor has a policy of pulling the cops out, one is being reported because the police received an email about it and an officer saw something that looked like concrete. This doesn't have to be a conspiracy, it can just as very well be if the Proud Boys sent an email about throwing some kind of Anthrax powder, and cops saw something similar to what was shown on the video, that would be a leading talking point.
The Proud boys were not part of the powder crowd, that was Patriot Prayer. Regardless, no one from the non existent AntiFa HQ sent that e mail. The e mail only materialized after baseless claims about concrete were publicly made.
I am sure many people feel the same about ANTIFA when they show up with weapons and body armor and face coverings, it still does not make it right.
I'd be wildly surprised if people who oppose the right feel upset when a group who historically protect them from right wing violence turn up. It's not even remotely comparable to what I said lol.
So he wrote a story about Muslims in England and this is worth nearly getting killed over?
He lied about Muslims, pretended our country was under their control and censored brits who provided evidence that countered his completely made up claims. His reporting of muslims is akin to what the Nazi propagandists put out about Jews in the lead up to the 1933 election.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1145067852375851008
Here's the entire video of the entire assault on Ngo. I dunno what you think "nearly dying" is, but it certainly isnt a bit of milk, some silly string and a few punches that you're able to just walk away from. As for his apparent hemorrhage, it would be extremely rare to walk whilst having a small stroke, never mind be on TV several times for several hours the following days. Do we have hospital records to confirm the claim?
Interestingly enough, it's two AntiFa affiliates who try to block him from being attacked further and nearly come to blows with each other over the misunderstanding before a third one steps in. It is an outright black bloc member who safely escorts him to the sidewalk. Ngo is only ever hit by one person. The rest of the assault is milkshakes and silly string.
I agree his attack was not random, they wanted to make an example out of an unarmed journalist. It's despicable.
We can keep pretending he is just a simple journalist if you want, we can also pretend that the sky is made of cotton candy, it doesn't make it so. Ngo's history and his attempts to incite racial hatred against Muslims is deplorable. You haven't once addressed Blum trying to hit people who were unarmed and not fighting with a weapon, but you feel the need to mention Ngo was unarmed, despite the fact his assailant was as well.
Ironic considering that violently attacking others based on their politics in the hopes of scaring them are kind of the trade marks of fascism.
I also remember when Mein Kampf was one page long and consisted of Hitler simply saying "you should hit people who dont like what I dont like". That's absolutely the corner stone of fascism and not, say, nationalism, corporatism, white supremacy, a strong focus on imperial military might or any of the other numerous traits historians and the UN use to define fascism.
This is a constant diversion tactic of the right (that we have seen twice in this thread) where we resort to "im not the _____, you're the _______!". It's demonstrably false and we both know that fascism, even in its most basic definition, is not simply political violence.
I guess ANTIFA is Anti Fascist like North Korea and the Congo are Democratic.
I mean, they target people who tick most, if not all, of the boxes that society and historians use to define fascism so, yeah, they're anti fascist.
Yeah thing is, in America people have the right to engage in freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.
And they did. The Govt did not stop them. AntiFa are not the govt. Freedom of Speech as defined in the 1st is literally in respect to the Govt.
When you do not let people do that, when you engage in terrorism, and yes ANTIFA their activities are considered
domestic terrorism. Then you go to jail.
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Unless they're white and right, then they're mentally ill, or lone wolves, or victims of society.