This play on words is typical of the right's sleight of hand in matters of freedom, and illustrates the fundamental 'clash of civilizations' between socialists and liberals. Socialism, which inspires the Anti-Fa's positions, is the polar opposite of fascism, and when fascists -- or 'white supremacists' -- parade through public spaces shouting 'You shall not replace us!' and 'Jews shall not replace us!', anti-fascists protest, a stance that is legitimate under the Human Rights Declaration's protection of 'peaceful' assembly. This cornerstone document specifies:
(2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
While Newseum's editorial claims that "we have been well served by legal doctrines narrowly defining when officials can act to suppress speeches, rallies or marches; doctrines rooted in specific evidence of real, immediate threats to public safety," he is in fact confirming that hate groups have operated freely in the southern United States.
Unlike the laws in most European countries, which hew to the International Declaration, types of speech that are not protected in the United States include obscenity, fighting words, fraudulent misrepresenta-tion, advocacy of imminent lawless behavior, defamation, and threats or intimidation. Yet there is nothing moral about calling for the destruction of Jews, as does the Alt-Right in its publications and in its public manifesta-tions. Anti-fa's reaction to these calls also threaten public order and the general welfare, theoretically putting both outside the law. However, the msm is at fault for not acknowledging the distinction made by International Human Rights Law: fascists are free to believe anything they want, including that Jews are evil and should be done away with, but they are not entitled to proclaim that belief because this imperils public order and the general welfare, as illustrated by the Anti-fa's refusal to countenance it.
Journalists like Chuck Todd adopt the tone of a moral high-ground, first condemning Anti-Fa, and only afterwards admitting that fascist slogans such as "Blood and Soil", that inspired Hitler's demand for "Lebensraum" are "regrettable"..
Then again, the US media has never been known for subtlety.
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