I found some good arguments here that 'silence' would embolden them

I have no idea which thought would be reality. You don't either.

Ignore them completely? Could be your post is right and they get no attention and their message is hurt. Could be that they look around and say "hey, no one is opposing us.let's make it bigger"

The option I liked, but maybe this wouldn't work either. Opposition protesters show up in droves, with signs, etc. But they all just line the street, backs turned to the hate groups and don't take the bait. I love this in that it would show 'we oppose you, but won't come down to your level', but I also wonder if the nazi's, white supremacists, etc. would have either started something anyway, or (just as likely) if many amongst the protesters wouldn't have been able to keep their cool.

Many on this board have made decent points that this sort of thing NEEDS to be confronted and refuted. To the extent we saw last weekend? Maybe.
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