Pence: 'Extremist Voices' On 'Far Right' And 'Far Left' Will Be 'Marginalized'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By MATT SHUHAM Published AUGUST 14, 2017 11:48 AM

Vice President Mike Pence said Monday President Donald Trump “will continue to be clear” in condemning white supremacist hate groups — even though the President himself has not actually done so in the wake of a white supremacist terrorist attack during a hectic rally in Charlottesville, Virginia that left one counter-protester dead.

Pence also echoed Trump’s language that “many sides” of the white supremacist rally were worth condemning. Pence said he believed “we’re going to see these extremist voices on the far right and on the far left marginalized as they should be as Americans come together around our shared values.”

In an interview with Pence Monday, NBC’s Peter Alexander asked: “Do you have any concern, even if it’s not the President’s intention, that he, in fact, by not condemning white supremacists by their names, is dividing Americans?”

“Peter, we talked about that very extensively yesterday,” Pence responded. “The President made it very clear in his statement this weekend that we condemn all forms of hate and violence, and particularly condemn, as we did yesterday — we condemned the hate and the violence and the bigotry of organizations that showed up in Charlottesville like the KKK and white supremacists.”

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. False equivalency does not begin to excuse RW Authoritarians, Dominionists & Fascists like Pence. nt

[Honeycombe8]

18. There ARE no groups like the KKK and the Nazis on the left!

I'm getting tired of this false equivalency, too.

The KKK and the Nazis are more than extremists. The Freedom Caucus in Congress - that's an example of an extremist group. The KKK and the Nazis are groups that started in large part for the purpose of KILLING GROUPS OF PEOPLE they thought didn't have a right to live.

[Hortensis]

22. +1. But false equivalence confuses people so effectively, though.

These boards have many, many people who've been soaked in and soaked up the right wing's anti-Democrat Kool-Aid and don't know it. You know, repeat a lie often enough... It's everywhere, and yet another new deluge is coming.

[forgotmylogin]

25. Don't display torches or firearms at a demonstration, there won't be a riot.

Look hard enough for a fight, you'll get one.

[Augiedog]

2. Once again a evangelical dominionist tries to create the false equivalency of republican hate

groups with progressive freedom fighters. Not going to work you fuckbag Pence. Your are going down with your orange anus master.

[cab67]

3. so if extremist voices on the far right will be silenced....

...does that mean Pence is going to shut up?

[KRISITNA]

4. so basically the left can't get pissed and protest for civil rights fuck him

[maxsolomon]

5. who is the Extremist Far Left?

The Unabomber? Black Bloc? Antifa?

None of those organizations have any power or representatives in Government.

the furthest left pol I know of is Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant.

While the extreme right is catered to by the entire GOP.

Fuck this equivalency.

[Honeycombe8]

19. He's trying to equate the KKK & Nazis w/extreme political groups, WHICH THEY ARE NOT.

I'm getting tired of this. The Freedom Caucus in Congress is an extreme political group.

The KKK got its start LYNCHING PEOPLE. The Nazis are most famous for KILLING MILLIONS OF JEWS. They are not political groups, extreme or otherwise.

The left has Black Lives Matter, and one other group whose name I forget right now. There is no comparison between those and these domestic terrorist groups.

The Unabomber was a lone wolf, following no group. He was also mentally unhinged.

[LiberalLovinLug]

23. Based on posts in here from more ardent supporters of BLM

I would not say they (or many) would even define themselves as "left". I'd gather that many members and supporters of BLM are not necessarily fans of Bernie Sanders and the left wing of the Democratic Party. BLM seemed to be led by those that wanted to take to task Democrats as well as Republicans. That it was more of a specific focus on fighting racism by authorities against African Americans, and they didn't want to cloud it with any grander themes like economic and social justice for everyone, or tether themselves to one particular party. Which I get.

https://thinkprogress.org/why-black-lives-matter-protesters-are-targeting-democrats-and-mostly-ignoring-republicans-aaab3331be1d/

Even though the GOP and Fox News likes to frame them as lefties in order to demonize them. Ideally BLM should identify as a non partisan group anyways. Racism should be a issue that crosses party lines. ....should at least. There are after all, many (some?) "moderate" Republicans, fiscal conservative but socially liberal, that still were disturbed by that rash of police murders of young black men that gave birth to BLM.

[Honeycombe8]

26. I see. I did not know that. But I suppose because the right is so anti-minority...

anything having to do with pro-minority would ipso facto, to them, be "left." Me...I don't know. I just made that assumption.

Thanks for the info.

[hatrack]

6. Both sides! Both sides! Both sides! Both sides! Fuck you, Mike, you puckered Hoosier asshole

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[CountAllVotes]

8. Hmph!!

That is what I said before I even read the link.

FUCK YOU PENCE!

His denial makes him just as bad a dump & the rest of his minions!!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Pence is a tRumplicker. . . . . nt

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Pence Snuffs the First Amendment

Only TRUMP should be allowed to speak.

[hamsterjill]

9. Good grief! Where was "Benghazi"???

Their arguments have ceased to be entertaining.

They either condemn the actions in Charlottesville or they condone them. They are condoning them.

[Sunlei]

10. Your Republican Party put a nazi in the WH and colluded with Russia!

[HughBeaumont]

11. Guy's just as bad as Trump.

"BothSidesery" is toxic and hollow, considering the evidence.

[Fluke a Snooker]

12. WHAT is the "Extreme LEFT"????

No such animal. This is an insidious attempt to associate progressives with Republicans/KKK/White Supremecists/TRUMP. NO SUCH THING!!!

[adigal]

35. It's a bunch of 23 year olds at a Phish concert w Peace sign t-shirts on

They might be stoned, also.
Scary folks.

[Solly Mack]

13. Fuck him

[Javaman]

14. trying to look all "presidential" after the senile in chief fucked up... again

your time is coming pence, your time in jail.

[apnu]

15. What 'extremist voices' on the Left is he talking about?

Clue me in. What on the Left compares to racism and fascism? Hippies living in a commune?

Right wingers always look to false equivalency for cover when their racist base is exposed.

Nope. Right-wing asshats own all of this. The Left doesn't have shit to do with it except show up louder and in bigger numbers whenever nazi fuck heads come out to play.

[Bradical79]

17. Sounds good to me

If we actually marginalized the extreme right and left Hippy communes will be left alone, a few dozen black bloc members will be exiled, and we cast off 90% of the Republican party and a bunch of Libertarians too

[Angry Dragon]

16. Pence spreading fake news

over the course of days Pence is really saying that in his world there is no difference between hate and love .......... the two sides

[LanternWaste]

20. Demanding equality by the left is not extremism. Denying equality by the right is.

Demanding equality by the left is not extremism. Denying equality by the right is.

[truthisfreedom]

21. What extremists are on the far left? Clue me in.

I've never heard of them.

This insistent false equivalency is nauseating. We don't have leadership. We have patsies.

[ck4829]

27. That's right. The people who want genocide of the 'other' are exactly the same as people who want

universal healthcare.

, from me anyway.

[Freethinker65]

28. So Pence will allow himself, and others like him, to be marginalized? I could be happy with that

[Vinca]

29. The far left wants a more socialized society. The far right wants the far left dead.

Big difference. I'm so tired of the false equivalency.

[MuseRider]

30. Sure, both sides have always looked the same

<a href="http://imgur.com/MZDZlhk"><img src="" title="source: imgur.com" /></a>

Exactly the same.

This young mans sister wrote to me here when I posted this before for some other reason. I have looked all over through all my many years of saved posts and mails but have not been able to find it again.

This was 1967 and was the beginning of Flower Power. The National Guard is featured here but from what I saw this weekend they were not nearly as well armed then as the regular militia groups are now.

Yes, just like we always were. Both sides are the same. It was different then but still the same as now. Both sides were to blame for the violence and hatred.

[GaryCnf]

31. Equating the far left and the far right

Where in the world would he ever get that idea . . . Where in the world have we ever heard that before . . . I wonder if he used the horseshoe meme?

It's a LIE no matter who says it.

[dbackjon]

32. So you, Trump and the rest of the White House are going to be marginalized?

[pangaia]

33. "....were going to see these extremist voices on the far right and on the far left marginalized...

WHAT far left? Who? Where?

Dumb fuck...

[6000eliot]

34. Littlefinger Pence is heard from.