text: Whitman conveniently side-steps the fact that the "counter protesters" who regularly square off and battle "fascists" are self described Marxist Leninist/Communist anarchists with a record of violence that stretches from G20's to college campuses to May Days. .Antifa 'Black Bloc" are famous for burning the American flag, burning police cars, burning buildings, and attacking anyone who's opinion they do not agree with.