"The two convicted criminals who are the leaders of the
United Patriots Front, wanted portraits of Hitler hung
in every school classroom, and for students to read
Mein Kampf".

And how many schools followed the advice, and hung pictures of Hitler on walls; how many set 'Mein Kampf' as a reading project? As I said, hysteria about a few louts with no power to achieve anything. Boring. As boring as 'Mein Kampf'. As boring as the insistence that National Socialism had, or has, anything at all to do with the mythical Far Right. The low average reading age ability of many Australians is constantly on show here, as is the total lack any knowledge of history.

ttbn,

The point being made had to do with the neo-Nazi beliefs
of the alt-right convicted criminal leaders
of the United Patriots Front.

It should also be pointed out that stalking and arson (thanks runner) are not political crimes. Bringing in someone who is clearly not of the 'violent left’ is also irrelevant. It doesn't make the left thugs less violent, and saying 'your side is as bad’ is puerile. If you want a discussion on right wing violent types, start a discussion on that.

ttbn,

Discussions are not meant to be just for people
who agree with you. Various issues do arise
whether you like them or not. And the issues are
not always just one-sided.

Ttbn, that may be in part my fault. Reacting to the over generalised use of the term Nazi to describe almost all opposition to extreme leftist ideology. In this case from what I’ve been able to gather that particular group has a leadership mostly comprised of thug at least one of whom appears to support parts of the Nazi ideology. For the rest I’ve found it hard to tell. As you point out overall they are not at all powerful, they don’t have much serious support in the media. My original point remains, the radical left are in many ways closer in my view to the ideology and behaviours that created the horrors of the communist world than most of those being labelled as Nazis are to the Nazi party. In real terms a far greater threat than the alt right and wanna be Nazis currently.

R0bert

Well, raise them yourself, Foxy, and don't misuse other other people's posts in a tit-for-tat operation. You don't seem to understand that you cannot change the subject, which is 'The violent left'. If you want a discussion on people you see as 'the violent right', do it; but it's a different subject. Disagree with the poster's opinions by all means. But you have to give reasons why you think he is wrong, and dragging up a couple of people not of the left simply does not achieve that. The people you obviously favour won't look any better just because you name someone you are against on the other side