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In reply to the discussion: Punching Nazis feels good, but it's a selfish act, not something that leads to victory [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)62. best way for Nazi marches to be received is with cops maintaining complete control,
and overwhelming numbers of counterprotestors reacting with icy but peaceful contempt and scorn towards the marchers.
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Punching Nazis feels good, but it's a selfish act, not something that leads to victory [View all]
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
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We do that by showing up in numbers that are ten times theirs, and by shunning them and
Squinch
Aug 2017
#26
no objective evidence that violent opposition to the Nazis directly resulted in their ascension to p
LanternWaste
Aug 2017
#51
With Nazis, we can defeat them with violence now or defeat them with violence later.
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 2017
#3
that's what the Communists said in the 1930s. Before the Nazis liquidated them
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#5
Yes, and they liquidated them because GOOD PEOPLE turned their backs on the fighters
obamanut2012
Aug 2017
#19
That's the problem, there are three reactions to street brawls between rival gangs
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#29
Captain America, Miss Victory, Wonder Woman and Indiana Jones say YOU'RE WRONG!
Foamfollower
Aug 2017
#9
I kicked one in the balls once. Well, he probably was a Bircher instead of a Nazi.
haele
Aug 2017
#24
No, they rose to power in an environment of chaos and street battles with Communists.
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#22
best way for Nazi marches to be received is with cops maintaining complete control,
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#62
If Antifa was not at Charlottesville - many more people would have been injured -
womanofthehills
Aug 2017
#80
You absolutely have the right, and they absolutely deserve it, but it is not the effective means to
Squinch
Aug 2017
#28
the antifa aren't about self-defense, let's be honest they're mostly Black Bloc
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#36
Actually, part of the whole Nazi thing is to inflitrate police departments
womanofthehills
Aug 2017
#82
the Nazis rose to power in Berlin by getting into street brawls with the more numerous Communists
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#30
Do you think they would seek to create the violence and chaos if they thought they would lose?
jmg257
Aug 2017
#47
They know they are losing when they can not act out on their hate without opposition
jmg257
Aug 2017
#60
it is vastly different to be talking about how Nazis rose to power vs how we defeated them
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#49
Literally just walking up to a Nazi and punching him is incredibly foolish.
Tommy_Carcetti
Aug 2017
#50
Again, two different considerations for keeping the Nazis out of political power
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#58
You are a voice of reason Geek Tragedy and one who understands the lessons of history.
Expecting Rain
Aug 2017
#68
Hard to imagine when faced with chaos and violence in the streets, the US people will turn to
jmg257
Aug 2017
#72
Well - I do hope so. We will have some time to see how it shakes out at at least a few events.
jmg257
Aug 2017
#77
In the late 20's and early 30s Germans failed to punch enough nazis hard enough
Voltaire2
Aug 2017
#91