Passerby Assaults American Tourist Who Gave The Nazi Salute

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/08/13/an-american-tourist-gave-the-nazi-salute-in-germany-so-a-stranger-beat-him-up-police-say/?utm_term=.c32d2ccb56f1

Good.

As far as I am concerned that is just what the american tourist deserved for that bullsh*t.

That choice was dumb beyond dumb - "The tourist was identified only as a 41-year-old American man who was “severely drunk, ...”
Sorry mate, with that being your choice I have zero concern about you.
This is a time where it is the "victim's" fault.

That Nazi punk deserved worse.

What if this was World War 2? That neckbearded wanker would have been sent to the gulag.

From what I can tell the guy was a drunk as*hole not a Nazi. This seems like a bar room brawl that has been made into an international incident.

Fascinating how many people are so quick to deny another human being their right to freely express themselves - and even wish violence upon them by claiming that a simple hand gesture is deserving of a violent response.

For all you know, the guy was goofing around and making some lame joke - not that it matters - he should be afforded the same right to express his thoughts as any other citizen should, even if they offend some people. There's no harm nor violence in a hand gesture.

YOU are the true Nazis, who join in a thoughtless consensus, agreeing that the right to Free Expression exists only when that expression agrees with your personally held point of view, and all others should be suppressed.

Let's see what Googling the news finds that is of any relevance.

I also have to assume the man who performed the beating was pi$$ed off at seeing this foreign tourist mocking his country for a chapter of German history most wish had never happened.

While I am generally against vigilante justice, I have to say that making that gesture in that country is pretty much sending out the signal that he really wanted to get his ass kicked. So, he was not assaulted for expressing his free speech rights. He was assaulted because he was provoking that kind of reaction. What did he think was going to happen? He made his bed, let him lie in it.

Hey, I have a punishment which fits the crime, idea - sentence him to be a concentration camp reality show, or living re-enactor, prisoner for 5 years.
Then let's see how amused he is by the salute after he's suffering from 4 years of malnutrition and is down to about 87 pounds in weight.

Good, I hope it hurt.

As the old saying goes, "talk s**t, get hit." What this guy did was highly disrespectful, not to mention foolish. You don't f*****g give the Nazi salute or go "sieg hiel" or fly a swastika flag in Germany. Period, end of story.