Here is what the "bad dudes" on the other side are like. We have ice cream together. We cry on each other shoulders. We make art together.
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We share stories of traveling. We host potlucks. We raise children. We teach courses, go to conferences.
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We learn languages and are professors and work local businesses and spend money in our city and help our neighbors.
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These are the kinds of people he is calling "bad dudes." I am one of his "bad dudes."
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I let my neighbors borrow my lawnmower so their landlord doesn't give them shit. Basically the same as a Nazi, right?
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None of us drove a car into a crowd of innocent people. None of us charged at a line of clergy with shields.
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I was there among the UVA students when we got surrounded and assaulted by men with torches chanting Nazi slogans. "Bad dudes."
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One of the people there nearly died days later. His carotid was damaged by the torch attack. He had a stroke. "Bad dudes."
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A person in a wheelchair doused in fuel. Another student, young, powerful, vibrant. Her face swollen from the pepper spray. "Bad dudes."
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The agony in A's face as we made eye contact. Her pelvis crushed as a Nazi reversed, pinning her between his car and a truck. "Bad dudes."
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The pool of blood I stepped over. "Bad dudes."
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My friend, a furniture restoration specialist, a longtime resident, beloved by everyone. Inches away from his bumper. "Bad dudes."
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The owners of the hats and shoes you see in this video as I kept my camera trained down. "Bad dudes."https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/896426656931258368 …
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The sweet soul of my friend whose legs were crushed and broken, a mother of a sweet child, a teacher. Weeks away from walking. "Bad dudes."
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There was one group of bad dudes in Charlottesville that day. It wasn't us. Fuck you,
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"The other side" otherwise known as people that aren't Nazis.
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So you're saying you & your friends support violence?
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