# Charlottesville: can both sides be blamed for violence?

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**Created:** [August 16, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlottesville-can-both-sides-be-blamed-for-violence/793787 "2017-08-16T12:21:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlottesville-can-both-sides-be-blamed-for-violence/793787/72 "2017-08-16T21:08:30Z")

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> [@DinoR](#):
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> The [2005 Toledo Riot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Toledo_riot) shows that it doesn’t even take them both being on site for there to be violence. The wiki story is the best overview I can find with a quick search. The national coverage was limited. I was only aware because I had family in the Toledo area. Approx 15 Nazis had shown up in their staging area at the point where police decided the situation was too volatile and escorted them out of the city.
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> Then the riot happened. All it took was the protestors thinking the Nazis were there. :smack:

Thank you for posting this story.

The far left has gotten away with a lot of disturbing action that sometimes leads to violence. Their excuse they’re “doing it for a just cause” has worn very thin.

There’s no excuse for inciting violence. It doesn’t matter how noble & just you think the cause may be.

Charlottesville would have been a minor story on the back page. “Nazis march in support of statue”. If only the left had staged their counter protest the next day.

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