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user-inactivated  ·  1557 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I didn't punch a Nazi, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Awesome. Subject yourself to the total meat grinder that is the American Court System and give a Nazi the perfect opportunity to play the martyr card.

Come on man. I love the passion, but you know better. When you get angry at just the sight of something, you gotta take a moment, breathe, and think with your head and your heart, not your initial gut reaction. Acting out in anger for a sense of satisfaction isn't justice, especially if it only leads to making things worse.

You didn't punch a Nazi, and even though it doesn't feel like it, that's a good thing.





goobster  ·  1557 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah. I know.

But that passivity and fear of legal repercussion is what allows these people to thrive, recruit, and threaten my fellow Americans with impunity.

And that aggression will not stand, man! (Except maybe when I fail to stand up for those who can't stand for themselves.)

user-inactivated  ·  1557 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No. I know. And I'm right there with you in spirit (just not in action). Take heart that there are a lot of good people out there pushing back against these kinds of guys through all sorts of outreach programs and education programs and victim relief programs. They're not as viscerally satisfying as clocking a man, but they're a lot more impactful and definitely a lot more legal. So there's that, if it helps.

Just as importantly though, is you're a good man and you can't focus on doing good things weighed down both by the courts and by the knowledge that some guy gets clocked and then uses it to seemingly give himself the upper hand. Nazis are sly little punks. They know how to play the game.