One of these makes a person evil/horrible, the other doesn't..LOL.
They're not even close to comparable.
They don't have to be even close to comparable for someone to think they're both bad for the country. One can be (and of course is) a gazillion times worse. Doesn't mean it's not a valid perfectly view for someone to not support the extremes on either side. And it's also perfectly valid for people to disagree with that view and think poorly of people that hold it if they want. There's too much focus on everyone having to be on one extreme or the other when in reality people fall all along the spectrum.
Myself I have zero sympathy for alt right losers, racists, bigots, sexists, incels or anyone with those types of terrible and hateful views. I support the vast majority of protest efforts by Antifa, Black Life Matters and all the other groups out their doing good work. This shit from the right needs to be countered and voices heard. I do think some things go too far. I'm not terribly personally bothered by protests at people's homes. I just think it's probably counter productive in terms of impact. Fox isn't going to take him off the air and he's not going to resign and go hide--if anything, being wealthy they'll just hire more security or move to a more secure location. I also don't think it does anything to bring people to the cause or rile up the left base more than it already is, while it's very easy for the right to spin to keep their base riled up as well as impacting which way independents vote. So in that sense I think organized protests that disrupt capitals, traffic, headquarters of places like Fox News and so on will have more impact than going after individual people.
But still, at the end of the day it's fighting voter suppression and getting out the vote that will lead to change and nothing else. Hopefully a lot of people going to these kind of protests, the ones tonight etc. also spent time canvassing their areas, driving people to the polls Tuesday and so forth on top of the protesting. Both matter, but real actions that get people on the left to the polls is what has the most impact on real change. Protesting is part of that of course, especially when aimed at stopping voter suppression and gerrymandering. Protesting individual people I don't see having much impact as even plenty on the left don't like a lot of those tactics and it's again easy ammo for the right to keep the Trump base fired up and turning out in super high numbers. For all the talk of suppression by Kemp in GA, the biggest factor was him being able to do even better than Trump did in a lot of the shitty rural counties as that base has stayed so riled up. The metro areas (aided by suppression, though it doesn't look to be worse than in 2016 as Abrams got more votes than Clinton) just haven't changed demographically enough (and with GOP control suppression will be the same) to counter a highly motivated rural base in Georgia yet. Best hope for a state-wide race here in the next election is that rural base getting less enthused about Trump as the metro area is unlikely to change enough. That's already tough and the more ammunition they have to rile those idiots up, the lesser the chances of defeating Trump in the rust belt, much less flipping places like GA or NC that were semi-close last time (compared to usual results).
So protest, get involved, make a difference. Just be more mindful of whether the act is going to make the intended impact and balance that against how the right can spin it. Protesting individuals is unlikely to change--especially things like popular TV personalities who aren't getting fired or quitting as these things just up their popularity with their viewership who just sympathize more with them after such incidents. And it gives them ammo to go on the air and keep telling their audience how bad liberals are and ensuring super high turnout again in 2020 from red districts. I'd advise focusing protests, lawsuits etc at the state level and see what changes can be made to voter suppression efforts, election oversite and so on between now and then. That's the biggest chance of having an impact for 2020.
Again, I don't feel bad for Carlson or any of these people. Fuck them. I just don't think it will have the desired impact is all and that protest efforts and energy could be more efficiently targeted.
