Important point could be made to him. If you are in a "group" and you are saying "We" about the group, and you are dressed like them or carrying signs like theirs, you are going to get lumped with them.

Yes, even though you do absolutely nothing violent or illegal, you are going to get lumped with those who do. Even if there aren't a lot of them in your group. You are still wearing their uniform and you are with them. You can't say "but it wasn't ME who broke that window." Yes it was. The law calls that "Acting in Concert."

You really do have to be careful what parades you fall in with. What parties you go to. When the sirens come, nobody is going to care that you were in the bathroom at the time. You were there. You will be questioned and detained.

Another little point is that demonstrating your opinion is done on the sidewalk. If you are in the traffic that's not speech it's action and we have free speech but not free action.

They say their violence is speech, and our speech is violence.

But that's not true. Speech is speech, and violence is violence. Things are what they are. An apple is not a pear and a horse is not a cow.

Important point could be made to him. If you are in a "group" and you are saying "We" about the group, and you are dressed like them or carrying signs like theirs, you are going to get lumped with them.

Yes, even though you do absolutely nothing violent or illegal, you are going to get lumped with those who do. Even if there aren't a lot of them in your group. You are still wearing their uniform and you are with them. You can't say "but it wasn't ME who broke that window." Yes it was.

You really do have to be careful what parades you fall in with. What parties you go to. When the sirens come, nobody is going to care that you were in the bathroom at the time. You were there. You will be questioned and detained.

Another little point is that demonstrating your opinion is done on the sidewalk. If you are in the traffic that's not speech it's action and we have free speech but not free action.

They say their violence is speech, and our speech is violence.

But that's not true. Speech is speech, and violence is violence. Things are what they are. An apple is not a pear and a horse is not a cow.

Important point could be made to him. If you are in a "group" and you are saying "We" about the group, and you are dressed like them or carrying signs like theirs, you are going to get lumped with them.

Yes, you can do absolutely nothing violent or illegal. But you are going to get lumped with those who do. Even if there aren't a lot of them. You are still wearing their uniform and you are with them. You can't say "but it wasn't ME who broke that window." Yes it was.

You really do have to be careful what parades you fall in with. What parties you go to. When the sirens come, nobody is going to care that you were in the bathroom at the time. You were there. You were under that roof. You will be questioned and detained.

Another little point is that demonstrating your opinion is done on the sidewalk. If you are in the traffic that's not speech it's action and we have free speech but not free action.

They say their violence is speech, and our speech is violence.

But that's not true. Speech is speech, and violence is violence. Things are what they are. An apple is not a pear and a horse is not a cow.

Important point could be made to him. If you are in a "group" and you are saying "We" about the group, and you are dressed like them or carrying signs like theirs, you are going to get lumped with them.

Yes, you can do absolutely nothing violent or illegal. But you are going to get lumped with those who do. Even if there aren't a lot of them. You are still wearing their uniform and you are with them. You can't say "but it wasn't ME who broke that window." Yes it was.

You really do have to be careful what parades you fall in with. What parties you go to. When the sirens come, nobody is going to care that you were in the bathroom at the time. You were there. You will be questioned and detained.

Another little point is that demonstrating your opinion is done on the sidewalk. If you are in the traffic that's not speech it's action and we have free speech but not free action.

They say their violence is speech, and our speech is violence.

But that's not true. Speech is speech, and violence is violence. Things are what they are. An apple is not a pear and a horse is not a cow.

Important point could be made to him. If you are in a "group" and you are saying "We" about the group, and you are dressed like them or carrying signs like theirs, you are going to get lumped with them.

Yes, you can do absolutely nothing violent or illegal. But you are going to get lumped with those who do. Even if there aren't a lot of them. You are still wearing their uniform and you are with them. You can't say "but it wasn't ME who broke that window." Yes it was.

You really do have to be careful what parades you fall in with. What parties you go to. When the sirens come, nobody is going to care that you were in the bathroom at the time. You were there. You will be questioned and detained.

Another little point is that demonstrating your opinion is done on the sidewalk. If you are in the traffic that's not speech it's action and we have free speech but not free action.

They say their violence is speech, and our speech is violence.

But that's not true. Speech is speech, and violence is violence. Things are what they are. An apple is not a pear and a horse is not a cow.