I’m gonna go ahead and be one of the “I believe my eyes” people here.
Here is what the article you posted said about the video and the allegations about Andy and the patriot prayer domestic terrorists:
the group waits, they discuss their weaponry. A few men try to guess which way the wind's blowing to avoid getting "spray" in their eyes, presumably when they use it against members of antifa. Another man holds a thick wooden dowel, and practices swinging it like a baseball bat. A woman carries a red brick in her hand. Some don goggles, helmets, and tactical gloves.
Ben captures someone telling a person on speakerphone, "There's going to be a huge fight," and gives them directions to Cider Riot.
And here is the “debunking” per the article you posted:
many of their comments could be understood along the lines of this is what we will do if a fight breaks out. "There's going to be a huge fight," could be a prediction instead of a command
Ngo said that contrary to some of the media reports, he never laughed at what Patriot Prayer folks were saying. He admits he responded with a faint smile "out of pity" when someone mentioned that antifa had them outnumbered.
Ngo told me he had no idea they were headed to an antifa hotspot until they drew near to Cider Riot.
"I was preoccupied on my phone," he said.
also, your source is a right wing libertarian magazine. Not exactly unbiased and it’s reporting of this guy. Regardless, you can watch the video and read what Andy says about it. Then you can decide if you want to believe his excuse of, “I was hanging out with people armed with weapons, wearing armor, and discussing a big fight on speakerphone as they walked towards the location being discussed. They made jokes about the fight and I didn’t laugh, I only smiled. I certainly had no idea what was going on because I was looking at my phone.”
I have never once made excuses for the violent, asshole, anarchists attacking people or destroying property. You gotta be able to call it like you see it and set the team sports aspect aside. Forget everything else about the guy and just look at this incident in a vacuum- he’s absolutely full of shit and so is this debunking