So, are these avowed white supremacists planning to protest a political theory that has killed more people than any other in history.

Becuase even broken clocks are right twice a day, and old calendars are right once every decade or so

Or is the author claiming anyone apposed to Marxism/Communism is a hateful right winged bigot?

The article is the usual blind leftist crap. The author makes no attempt to understand the alt-right, instead just assuming that anyone non-left must be a "white supremacist" or a "Nazi".

That's fine. Leftist stupidity makes it easier for the alt-right to win. We're tired of kowtowing to the progressives, with their racist and sexist agenda. Racist and sexist? Yep - because they think every race except whites and asians requires kid-glove handling, affirmative action, and all the rest. They think that every gender and sexual orientation except cis-males needs extra help too.

Also, as many other have pointed out: Nazis actually belong to the far left anyway. Nazi means "national socialism", and socialism is as leftist as it gets. So the Nazis are on them, not on us.

just assuming that anyone non-left must be a "white supremacist" or a "Nazi".

It bears repeating: you want more Trump? this is how you got Trump to begin with.

Forget the guy's politics. The question is whether mocking makes sense.

Depends on who they are mocking and how they are mocking them Amy. This sounds like a group showing up and mocking anti-communists as racists and white supremacists. Well, calling anyone who disagrees with you a Nazi or a KKK member isn't effective. Instead it shows how unhinged the mockers are.

So in that sense it may be effective in marginalizing the clowns in white sheets.

"On Sunday, right-wingers are planning to stage a 'No to Marxism in America' rally in Berkeley, where I live."

Right-wingers? In other places in the article, the author distinguishes between "right-wing" and "far-right," but not here. A "No to Marxism in America" rally is not a white nationalist rally.

When "right-wing" becomes a common pejorative meaning racist, how can we have a bi-partisan political system?

Nazis actually belong to the far left anyway. Nazi means "national socialism", and socialism is as leftist as it gets. So the Nazis are on them, not on us. ~ a_random_guy at August 25, 2017 1:19 AM

Fascism is a collectivist philosophy, the same as Marxism, communism, and socialism. A "fasces" was a bundle of sticks used to symbolize authority in ancient Rome. Mussolini used it to symbolize strength in numbers (one stick can be easily broken, but a bundle cannot).

The fascists were originally supported by the political left and opposed by the right. Fascism later got bundled into the right wing political spectrum due to five major factors:

1. Facists embraced nationalism, whereas most communist and socialist groups embraced internationalism (e.g., the COMINTERN or Communist International) and worldwide revolution.
   
2. Fascism and communism were chasing the same collectivist voters. The two groups became bitter enemies, engaging in violent clashes in the streets of Weimar Germany.
   
3. Fascism embraced, at least outwardly, law and order, whereas communists and socialists openly sought to violently tear down the existing order and replace it.
   
4. Fascism embraced traditional sex roles, whereas communists embraced women's liberation and advocated women taking a more active role in politics and economics.
   
5. The second and third incarnations of the KKK in the US embraced fascism and violently opposed communism.

Forget the guy's politics.

No. I'm going to go out on what I perceive to be a very small limb and guesstimate that this guy is a fan of the notion that everything is political.

Notice how he paints with a broad brush: pretty much any one right of Lenin is a damn nazi. He probably does not use that broad brush when it comes to Islamic terror. #NotAllMuslims

Mockery is an acceptable form of disapproval. What is better is to not show up at all.

The smaller the crowd the less news worthy the gathering becomes. Show up? that's more newsworthy. Show up and get some heads broken, and it will get national 24/7 coverage for a day or three. Or more if someone gets killed.

What would be ironic is if the organizers decided to not show up, but tip off the antifa/black block types that an actual Klan rally was going to happen.

Because it's okay to punch a Klan member in the face. And wouldn't dressing like Klansmen be cultural appropriation? especially since they be engaged in mocking that culture?

I'm pretty sure some SJW head will explode at that. Alinsky's rule #4: make them live by their own rule book.

Mockery of the other side, I think, is like preaching to the choir. It's reaffirming that you think The Other is in the wrong to people who agree with you anyway.

I think there's also a good possibility that the author and his fellow mockers could get clocked in the head by a bottle thrown by like-minded leftists that don't understand it's a joke.

"Forget the guy's politics. The question is whether mocking makes sense."

Mocking, in general, as a political tool can make sense, and sometimes works. It works to turn the general public toward your side, not to turn the other side to yours. You also need a media that is on your side and no crazies on your side.
If the targets are not as extreme as you believe or the public isn't on your side or your side had crazies in it: it may backfire even with an extremely sympathetic media.

i.e. what would happen if the kk Klowns with white sheets and red noses runs into a BLM group. And if in Pink sheets, could be interpreted as mocking the Nazi like tactics of some LGBT groups.

Reminds me of "Billionaires for Bush."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billionaires_for_Bush

"The question is whether mocking makes sense."

I don't know if makes sense but it would be entertaining.

Ku Klux Klan, Nazis, far-right bigots, and "the fear and hate on which they feed", are a product of the imaginations of leftists and progressives. I guess there must be some out there somewhere, since every once in a while I hear on the news that a few of them got together for some kind of demonstration. In the six-plus decades I've been alive I've never laid eyes on a KKK member or a Nazi. At least none that was in costume or that I was aware of. If they're real they're so few and powerless that fearing them is nothing but paranoia.

The question is whether mocking makes sense.

The far right, Nazis and the Klan, are easy to mock. Who in their right mind believes in those causes? Nobodies.

Is there anybody not mocking these clowns? There was even a sit-com based on mocking Nazis. The father of the guy who played Colonel Klink escaped the Nazis. His son took the role of the German kommandant under the condition that the Nazis would be objects of scorn and ridicule in every episode.

The resentment on the far right (and on the near right) comes from that fact that even if you accurately skewered the far left (i.e., communists) nobody would get the joke. Far Left causes are couched in soft language, not "N#$*@%s Go Home!" but "welfare for everybody" and "no social classes." So, when you point out the idiocy of Bernie Sanders' campaign promises, people look at you like you've grown a second head. But when you point out the idiocy of a Nazi or Klan viewpoint, people cheer you on.

I'd say let's mock the Antifa crowd but they're already so buffoonish as to rival the ICP.

So he is in favor of "yes to Marxism"? I think people like him don't even stop stop to think about what their position looks like, they just are like Pavlov's dogs, salivating when they hear a bell (or dog-whistle). They have been coming down hard on people simply protesting for free speech--which means they are against free speech. They are trying to ban republicans (Portland) and MAGA hats and YAF hats. They show up with communist flags and burn american flags and have signs saying F*ck the police and down with America--what exactly is the message they are trying to send, and how in the world are they in a position to mock anyone?

cc has a point. We're seeing blatant viewpoint discrimination from governments in left-wing cities. San Francisco shut down a park to prevent a conservative rally from taking place, and they've made it clear to conservatives that they will not get police protection in SF. There are left-wing groups there that explicitly embrace violence, and the city allows them to operate with impunity.

But getting back to the subject: I don't think combating political theater with more political theater is effective. The average Joe and Jane just tune the whole thing out. I liked the approach that Pulaski, Tennessee took the last time the KKK marched there, in the mid-1980s. They closed down the town for the day; everyone went home and closed their curtains and drew their shades. The KKK marched down empty city streets, in front of an audience of none.

I am a few days late but it made me think of the Foo Fighters and the Westboro Baptist people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD-fWMYcHXk