Alt-right rallies in Charlottesville, VA

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(08-18-2017, 01:47 PM)jason Wrote: I'm not sure the group (as vile as it is) is ever responsible. Is this not the land of individualism and liberty. It's the same logic people that don't like Muslims use to vilify an enire religion for the acts of a few. Not every sorry ass white supremacist killed someone on Saturday. Even in a mob, you are responsible for your own actions.

While I agree that you are responsible for your own actions, I think there are times a group can also be held repsonsible for the actions of its members in some situations (but, even then, this doesn't absolve an individual of their actions).

For example, if you're a member of a group - let's call them the JJJ - and the group routinely calls for eradication of spider-themed heroes. And then a proud member of the JJJ - let's call him Mac Gargan - drives their car into a group of spider-themed heroes peacefully assembled in front of a Steve Rogers statue. Wouldn't you say that not only is Mac responsible but so is the JJJ for encourging or even inciting the violence?