[guywithahat]

Ok but groups like the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club are not a trivial account (or frankly even a journalist). They're a radical antifa group who follow people (include government agents) officials around with guns, openly assaulting them, and has been part of deadly riots. It's like the proud boys x2

I also wouldn't call Andy Ngo, a gay asian journalist who's spoken in front of congress, far right. He basically records riots in Portland and uploads them to twitter, and he's only right wing in the sense that more republicans watch his videos than democrats

[CameronNemo]

You have not presented any evidence that any John Brown Gun Club chapters have assaulted or killed anybody.

The Gun Club arms itself to defend against far-right violence and often appears as a security force at protests to protect against expected far-right violence.

To date, Gun Club members have reportedly not engaged anyone with their weapons during one of these protests.

https://www.counterextremism.com/supremacy/john-brown-gun-cl...

Being invited by Republicans to speak before Congress is just more evidence that Andy Ngo is far right, from my perspective.

[TheRealDunkirk]

> Being invited by Republicans to speak before Congress is just more evidence that Andy Ngo is far right, from my perspective.

I guess as long as you hold that being invited by Democrats to speak before Congress makes someone far left, that would be fair.

[CameronNemo]

Perhaps. Let's look at Andy Ngo's invitation in context. Republican lawmakers asked him to testify during hearings about the January 6 insurrection attempt. His testimony mainly aimed to downplay the feeble insurrection attempt, and shift focus to riots. Of course, he fails to mention that the riots were often directly caused by police action.

https://www.courthousenews.com/domestic-terror-still-thorny-...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/opinion/sunday/police-rio...

[guywithahat]

Well right, because Jan 6th was a peaceful protest until cops started murdering protesters. The only deaths were of protesters, and the only murderers were the cops. Nobody was arrested for bringing a gun/weapon into the capital, and the guards unlocked the doors to let protesters in. I mean the fact republicans weren't allowed to appoint anyone to the Jan 6th committee should tell you everything you need to know