Some of the American left, too. Back in 2003, few things undermined the credibility of an anti-war demo in 2003 quite like young idiots holding signs in support of Hamas.
You’ll have to take that up with someone who did that.
Not from what I saw. There is a recognition that of late the law tends to give right-wingers the benefit of the doubt (e.g. cops sympathising with the white supremacists) but when I brought up the idea of Spencer filing assault charges in that thread no-one objected.
And no, the assailant’s defense would likely not position vigilantism as a form of civil disobedience. It would raise questions about the defendant responding to “fighting words” as a mitigating factor (probably during sentencing) – questions which Spencer and his fellow scumbags would prefer not be raised lest they lose access to their mainstream public platforms.
