This is one problem with the “lose the moral highground” thing.
If “the left” isn’t violent, there will be stories about “the left” being violent. When one like this is debunked, people can just use the fact that “the right” would stage such a thing as evidence that “the left” would do it too. People are already saying Charlottesville Nazis were Democratic plants.
People need to worry about the truth that is in front of them not the headline for tomorrow. Worrying about long term strategy requires the ability to predict how different things will play out. I don’t think it’s reasonable right now for anyone to believe they have that ability.
