This kid:

  • tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    While I generally agree that all Nazis must be punched, this can be counterproductive.

    Look what’s going on in France. A Nazi got into a brawl, died from his wounds, and now he’s treated like a fucking national hero. The left in general are portrayed as terrorists.

    Don’t underestimate how efficient the right is at playing the victim.

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      2 days ago

      this can be counterproductive

      I see no downsides at all as long as you don’t explain why you’re doing it and don’t get caught.

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      5 days ago

      It doesn’t matter. They’re getting what they want. You can play nice and let them have what they want, or you can take some risks, stand for what you believe in, and fight back.

      Fighting back against school bullies is also “against the rules.”

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        Fighting back against school bullies is also “against the rules.”

        As a kid, I had problems with bullies. Then I grew, trained, and fought back with increasing effectiveness. That ended it, and the suspensions I got along the way were a cost of doing the right thing.

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        5 days ago

        I mean it may feel good to punch one of these Nazi’s, but it doesn’t mean it’s helping. I love what this kid did, don’t get me wrong. We absolutely need to fight back and stand for what we believe in, but getting violent, except out of defense, is unproductive and only deepens the wedge between the left and the right, making things worse.

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          9 hours ago

          People are going to have to do more than “punch Nazis” before long. If you’re clutching pearls over some high school punches, you need to wake up.

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          but it doesn’t mean it’s helping

          This is one of those categorical imperatives where it has its desired effect as long as everyone consistently does it.

          If we don’t resist, they’ll lie and say we did. If we defend ourselves, they’ll say we’re violent. So doing nothing, or doing the minimum, is ineffective. In fact, not doing things because of worries about potential fascist reactions is nothing but cowardice that plays into their hands.

          only deepens the wedge between the left and the right, making things worse

          There should never be any unity between the left and the right, and the violent right shouldn’t exist at all. If you’d like to eat a meal that’s 50% horse shit, that’s on you, but there are times when the only correct course of action is not to compromise. This is one.

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          4 days ago

          Kid was walking through the high on attention with a big ol sign to advertise for an untrained, highly aggresive, indescriminatly brutal paramilitary force acting out of their jurisdiction and kidnapping people off of the streets mostly without even documenting where they take them. Kid knows damn well what he supports and wants everyone to know it.

          There is a time for civil debate and there’s a time for punchin’

          I think carrying a sign in support of ice should count as punchin’ worthy.

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      5 days ago

      And we need to crush this bullshit! Especially in Lyon it’s absolutely mind-blowing that this little shit is allowed to even be recognized as a victim. We fucking judged Klaus Barbie in Lyon when I was a kid, and people dare to say a nazi is a victim. You’ve no idea how insane this whole thing is.