I'm not trying to be reductionist here. I'm saying both sides in the sense that there two sides that clashed in the conflict. Not everyone on the right was involved and not everyone on the left was involved. Strictly speaking each person is their own side and responsible for how they behave. If you want to accurately interpret what I said then it is that... there was a conflict and the people that went there ready for violence and who used violence all should not have done so and those that did use violence were present on both of the two major sides that are generally recognised as the political left and right; furthermore violence committed by anyone should be condemned and I consider it to be a frightening commentary on the highly partisan nature of politics at the moment that people are not prepared to recognise or criticise anyone who is broadly aligned with their own views.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
I'm not trying to be reductionist here. I'm saying both sides in the sense that there two sides that clashed in the conflict. Not everyone on the right was involved and not everyone on the left was involved. Strictly speaking each person is their own side and responsible for how they behave. If you want to accurately interpret what I said then it is that... there was a conflict and the people that went there ready for violence and who used violence all should not have done so and those that did use violence were present on both of the two major sides that are generally recognised as the political left and right; furthermore violence committed by anyone should be condemned and I consider it to be a frightening commentary on the highly partisan nature of politics at the moment that people are not prepared to recognise or criticise anyone who is broadly aligned with their own views.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~