No, you don't. I've been to dozens of peaceful protests, and no one EVER brought weapons or shields. I'll bet you've never been part of a peaceful protest in your miserable life. The videos don't lie: the Nazis attacked counter-protesters, they beat an unarmed black man with metal rods, they poured kerosene on a person in a wheelchair and tried to light it on fire, they attacked unarmed, uninvolved students on the UVA campus with their ridiculous tiki torches. They threw urine on journalists. They threatened unarmed church leaders and worshipers, barricading them inside a church. They terrorized the innocent, unarmed, law-abiding residents of Charlottesville. They antagonized and threatened black residents of a housing project. Even their "invitations" to the event encouraged violence. You don't even know what you're talking about.