Monday, October 17, 2005

There were riots in Toledo this weekend. As far as I can tell, a bunch of neo-Nazis decided to have a march. That's fine, I don't like them, but they do have the right to assemble and speak. Well a lot of people didn't like that. They fell right in to the trap set by the neo-Nazi's. The skinheads kenw they were being very provocative, and the black people in the area decided to start rioting. WHy skinheads being assholes justifies throwing rocks at ambulances, attacking police officers, and other violent actions, I'm not sure, but they did it.

If everyone had just ignored the skinheads, no one would have cared about this march, it wouldn't have made the national press and given them a lot of free P.R. Now people out there who were on the edge of racism already just got pushed further along that road, since the actions of the rioters probably only reinforced a racist's view. The people that rioted did exactly what the skinheads wanted them to do in every respect. It's sad that people aren't informed enough to know that the skinheads had every right to march, and intelligent enough to realize that starting a riot over it is the absolute stupidest thing possible.

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