So the ends justify the means? Only certain ideas are allowed for mobs to be okay?

Many governors said as much this past year when they allowed, and in many cases took part in, BLM protests but banned anti-lockdown ones.

Yes, incredibly frustrating. Lots of the media played along with it as well.

That is correct. It is okay to rally against police brutality; it is not okay to hold a Nazi rally.

The mobs were not comparable.

Does it matter? Isn't a mob a mob?

I love it when people try to gaslight us like we haven't seen the shit that happened last year. The capitol building "coup" was like watching a kids bop version of BLM/antifa.

Antifa's not an organized thing like you keep saying it is. The Proud Boys, on the other hand...

> Antifa's not an organized thing

While there may be no central leadership, there are definitely organized chapters. That's exactly what they would like people to believe. And yet, they seem to act in an incredibly organized fashion...

> not an organized thing

Do self-identified Antifa just spontaneously and simultaneously decide to engage in identical acts violence? Is there some remarkably prominent commie Schelling point us outsiders aren’t privy to?

It's more like how "Anonymous" was in the 2008 Scientology demonstrations. Just buy a _V-for-Vendetta_ Guy Fawkes mask and you're in. Wanna be in Antifa? Just go to a demonstration and hang-out with other people who simply look like they're in Antifa - though that doesn't give anyone permission to fight or act aggressively: there is a degree of mutual-acknowledgement amongst "members": if someone acts aggressively or fights on the offensive (as opposed to fighting defensively against other people who were aggressors[1]) then you wont' find many future allies to witness in your defence in court.

[1] Yes, I'm aware of how murky that sounds.