BasedStickMan Returns, Kick Antifa Butt

[AAAintheBeltway]

No one on either side in any of these videos is worth piss or spit. All of them should be euthanized. The world's IQ would jump 50 points collectively.

So you are ok with thugs taking away your First Amendment rights through the threat of violence? Because the Trump supporters were having a peaceful demonstration before the antifa crowd showed up. The police were sitting around doing nothing, just like the last riot there.

Ever since the election, even before actually, these paid goons have tried to intimidate Trump supporters, mostly in leftwing cities where the police are under orders not to intervene or to protect the thugs. A few heroes are not having any of it. It's not a great situation but I have a lot of respect for people who are prepared to put their ass on the line.

 

[Cuddles]

So you are ok with thugs taking away your First Amendment rights through the threat of violence? Because the Trump supporters were having a peaceful demonstration before the antifa crowd showed up. The police were sitting around doing nothing, just like the last riot there.

Ever since the election, even before actually, these paid goons have tried to intimidate Trump supporters, mostly in leftwing cities where the police are under orders not to intervene or to protect the thugs. A few heroes are not having any of it. It's not a great situation but I have a lot of respect for people who are prepared to put their ass on the line.

oh please, these guys drive in from Montana to cause a ruckus in the name of "freedom". They're all cut from the same cloth.

 

[BONECRUSHER]

Five antifa thugs made the mistake of confronting #BasedStickMan.

Wish I was with him!

 

[fhl]

 

[Tsing Tao]

So you are ok with thugs taking away your First Amendment rights through the threat of violence? Because the Trump supporters were having a peaceful demonstration before the antifa crowd showed up. The police were sitting around doing nothing, just like the last riot there.

Ever since the election, even before actually, these paid goons have tried to intimidate Trump supporters, mostly in leftwing cities where the police are under orders not to intervene or to protect the thugs. A few heroes are not having any of it. It's not a great situation but I have a lot of respect for people who are prepared to put their ass on the line.

If I were OK, I would have only denounced "Stickman". Instead, what I said was "both sides need to be euthanized".

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

If I were OK, I would have only denounced "Stickman". Instead, what I said was "both sides need to be euthanized".

I don't get the moral equivalency.

Once you go down the road of saying don't do something because others may react violently, you have granted them a heckler's veto. That is rampant on universities these days. The courts have repeatedly said that the government is to protect lawful demonstrators, not ban them for fear of violence. In places like Berkeley and Washington , DC, we seem to have the opposite. The police appear to be under orders to protect the agitators and thugs.

 

[Tsing Tao]

I don't get the moral equivalency.

Once you go down the road of saying don't do something because others may react violently, you have granted them a heckler's veto. That is rampant on universities these days. The courts have repeatedly said that the government is to protect lawful demonstrators, not ban them for fear of violence. In places like Berkeley and Washington , DC, we seem to have the opposite. The police appear to be under orders to protect the agitators and thugs.

There's a difference between saying "don't so something because others may react violently" and "don't go seeking out violent engagements just to prove a point."

I am stating the latter. "Stickman" may be winning the "battle" in the videos posted, but eventually someone is going to show up and ruin his world, perhaps take his life. All for what? Is he really making an impact here?

I carry concealed. There have been several occasions that come to mind where I could have engaged in a situation to prove a point, which would probably have ended with some manner of violence, up and to including me pulling out my weapon for defense. Since I had the option to avoid the confrontation altogether at no additional threat to me or anyone else, would I have been in the wrong to force the engagement and prove my point?

Absolutely.

I follow a creed implanted on me from all of my training, and it's one I teach my students at the dojo: When possible, do no injury.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

I am stating the latter. "Stickman" may be winning the "battle" in the videos posted, but eventually someone is going to show up and ruin his world, perhaps take his life. All for what? Is he really making an impact here?

This is a very good point. Believe me, I would avoid these kinds of situations like the plague.

I do believe Stickman is in considerable danger. He has become a symbol, and they know he will not back down. He would be well advised to lower his profile.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

I carry concealed. There have been several occasions that come to mind where I could have engaged in a situation to prove a point, which would probably have ended with some manner of violence, up and to including me pulling out my weapon for defense.

I have tried to make this exact point here several times. Once you make the decision to carry concealed, you are taking on a lot of responsibility. Any minor confrontation runs the risk of escalation to tragedy. I support CCW laws but I probably wouldn't do it regularly myself.

 

[Tsing Tao]

This is a very good point. Believe me, I would avoid these kinds of situations like the plague.

I do believe Stickman is in considerable danger. He has become a symbol, and they know he will not back down. He would be well advised to lower his profile.

Don't mistake me for supporting the position of acquiescence. Instead, understand that I seek the best opportunity to make an impact from a risk/reward perspective. Once the battle is engaged, however, I follow the philosophy of "Irimi" which is a Japanese Daito-ryu philosophy of "entering with heart" (fully committed to battle).