I would expect the bar to be pretty clear and as habryka said “intent to commit crimes against persons or property”. I would expect Eric to have the bar somewhere where he thinks that the law that allows private citizens to use force to prevent crimes from happening would protect him.
As you’ll see from the edit to my original comment, I found something Eric said in the discussion on his blog that drew a fairly explicit boundary between rioters and mere protestors. My impression is that if Eric actually acts strictly according to the principles stated there, the law will not protect him and he will end up in jail (thinking that someone has intent to commit crimes is not generally sufficient justification in law for shooting them); several commenters on his blog expressed the same concern.
I worry that we may be getting into arguing about Eric’s opinions themselves, rather than merely answering the question “why do some people have such strong opinions about him”, and I think that’s not a useful topic for discussion here. Of course that’s mostly my fault for not getting my summaries perfectly accurate, for which once again I apologize.
I would expect the bar to be pretty clear and as habryka said “intent to commit crimes against persons or property”. I would expect Eric to have the bar somewhere where he thinks that the law that allows private citizens to use force to prevent crimes from happening would protect him.
As you’ll see from the edit to my original comment, I found something Eric said in the discussion on his blog that drew a fairly explicit boundary between rioters and mere protestors. My impression is that if Eric actually acts strictly according to the principles stated there, the law will not protect him and he will end up in jail (thinking that someone has intent to commit crimes is not generally sufficient justification in law for shooting them); several commenters on his blog expressed the same concern.
I worry that we may be getting into arguing about Eric’s opinions themselves, rather than merely answering the question “why do some people have such strong opinions about him”, and I think that’s not a useful topic for discussion here. Of course that’s mostly my fault for not getting my summaries perfectly accurate, for which once again I apologize.