While Fox News reported on Bray's Meet the Pres comments, his appearance on CSPAN caught my attention and the "preemptive self-defense" phrase has stuck with me. Excerpt of the article and his appearance on CSPAN follows . ....
More than 100 Dartmouth College faculty members rushed to support a controversial fellow professor who repeatedly justified Antifa's violent tactics -- despite the Dartmouth president's condemnation of the professor's support for the so-called anti-fascist group.
Mark Bray, the author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook" and visiting professor at the Gender Research Institute at Dartmouth, appeared in dozens of television interviews after the Antifa movement gained national traction following deadly clashes in Charlottesville, Va. earlier in August.
Bray supported Antifa's violence, dubbing it "self-defense" and a "legitimate response" to what he termed white supremacist and neo-Nazi violence "I think that a lot of people recognize that, when pushed, self-defense is a legitimate response to white supremacy and neo-Nazi violence," Bray said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Aug. 20.
"The lesson of history is you need to take it with the utmost seriousness before it’s too late," Bray continued, adding that demonstrations are necessary to tell neo-Nazis and white supremacists "You can't make this normal."
A day after the controversial interview, Dartmouth President Philip Hanlon, troubled by Bray's support of the violent Antifa protests, condemned the professor's comments, Valley News reported.
"As an institution, we condemn anything but civil discourse in the exchange of opinions and ideas," Hanlon said on Aug. 21. "Dartmouth embraces free speech and open inquiry in all matters, and all on our campus enjoy the freedom to speak, write, listen and debate in pursuit of better learning and understanding; however, the endorsement of violence in any form is contrary to Dartmouth values."
Bray and more than 100 university faculty members took issue with Hanlon's condemnation and accused him of limiting free speech, Valley News reported.....continue reading the original article ....
Dartmouth faculty supports professor's comments justifying Antifa violence
Excusing AntFa's violence was a specialty of the anti-Trump media ....
After being called out on their bias and hypocrisy, the media could no longer cover for their comrades in black ...
A few politicians as well as a few members of the pres have finally called out AntiFa for their premeditated violence, but how long until the Democrats, establishment Republicans and the media apologize for aiding and abetting AntiFa's reign of terror in their campaign to delegitimize the Trump presidency. Even today, Dartmouth backs their professors speech rights which are a call to terrorize their fellow Americans to SILENCE them .
