Is this a good thing? I think not. When it's hate vs hate, both sides lose.
If everyone just ignored the white supremacists--there were only 40 of them--or held a peaceful demonstration, instead of pushing back and legitimizing them, no one would've ever known the white supremacists were there.
How could any of the counter protesters, who started off with good intentions, possibly feel good about the outcome? It got so bad that the police ended up escorting the white supremacists to their cars.
It's the same with Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and the rest of that pack. They stir up controversy by using hate rhetoric, but if no one bothered to push back, they wouldn't be popular.
Beck and Limbaugh are more popular with the people who love to hate them. They know that too, which is why they're always antagonizing. I got so bored of Beck and Limbaugh I finally decided just to stop posting about them. I've also lessened my postings on Sarah Palin as well. What's the point? I don't want to be another person out there adding to the madness. Now, if I could just let go of the tea party.
One man, who sported Nazi tattoos, was severely beaten near City Hall while another man, who carried a confusing sign about religion with a scribbled swastika, was pummeled by a mob of people on Spring Street between 1st and 2nd.
The Los Angeles Police Department went on tactical alert during the event and took responsibility for escorting the white supremacists to and from the demonstration site. Earlier in the week the group had obtained a permit for the demonstration.
At the end of the rally, after 2:30 p.m., police escorted the white supremacists to the criminal courts building parking lot to get in their vehicles. However, one car failed to start. A crowd of counter-demonstrators ran to the lot and began hurling rocks and bottles into the parking lot's southwest corner, hitting cars and shattering glass. As some of the white supremacists held shields emblazoned with swastikas over their heads to protect them from the projectiles, others attempted to jump-start the car. More at the LA times
