Bernie Sanders supporter protesting right-wing rally with American flag beaten up by Antifa

[Swordsmyth]

A registered Democrat and Bernie Sanders supporter protesting a right-wing rally in Oregon earlier this month says he was viciously beaten by militant members of his own movement because he possessed a "fascist symbol" -- an American flag.
Paul Welch told The Oregonian/Oregon Live he took the flag with him when he went to Portland Aug. 4 to oppose a right-wing rally being held at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Though the American flag is more commonly associated with the conservative movement, Welch, an Oregon man who voted for Sanders during the 2016 Democratic presidential primary, said he wanted to "take it back."
“The right, and certainly a lot of smaller groups like Patriot Prayer, might rush to things like the flag and try to take it up as, ‘This is our symbol exclusively,’” Welch told The Oregonian/Oregon Live. “Part of my thinking was to take it back.”
Aside from some odd looks, Welch said he didn't encounter any problems when he joined the hundreds of counter-protesters who gathered at City Hall that day. The trouble started when the group began marching toward the park.


He said two people dressed in black and covering their faces approached him and demanded he give them the “fascist symbol” he was carrying. When he refused, the Antifa duo tried to rip the flag from his hands.
Another masked counter-protester then approached Welch and began striking him from behind with an unidentified weapon concealed in black fabric.

More at: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/2...news/national+(Interna l+-+US+Latest+-+Text)

 

[Aratus]

I trust it can be argued that ANTIFA violence is often more than just a public nuisance,
And that their fingerpointing at Neo-Nazi violence is more than just self serving? Again,
I am not surprised. I am even feeling sorry for the poor Bernie supporter. Way back in
1968 when the Chicago cops of Boss Daley went up to the he tenth floor of that hotel
and beat many of Eugene McCarthy's supporters to a bloody pulp, I was very upset, too.

 

[spudea]

This is what happens when you don't condemn both sides and like Mr. CNN Chris Cuomo was saying, "its right to fight hate" bullshit i.e. unprovoked physical violence is morally superior as long as its against the right people. This is Mao Zedong level lunacy and Antifa's motto, destroy the old guard, old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas.