Quote Originally Posted by IUFG View Post
Ah, the old some violence is acceptable, line?
As long as it is against someone 'on the right'?
Well, I think it probably emerges from a perception amongst leftists that they, the leftists, are not state-supported. And that, therefore, whatever violence they get up to will be small-scale, symbolic in nature. Whereas rightists, aligned with a cynical or just plain supportve government, can perpetrate violence on a far greater scale. And before you object that Stalin was a leftist, according to these people, no he wasn't.