Is it okay to punch a Nazi?

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Exactly. There are jobs of which people with felony charges are excluded from doing (damnable discrimination). Good luck with trying to get around that and have them make an exception because of your "valorous" assault or virtue killing. That coffee shop might not be a bad deal though.

OP advocated and glorified punching to produce not only maximum injury (felony assault) but actually advocated for killing people. If I were a mod on a peaceful forum that wanted to keep the forum peaceful, I'd be giving some time off. Maybe accolades will be given instead here? We'll see.

This is interesting. And, Life of Brian is a great movie.

I've never thought there were similarities between religious dijihad and Antifa before, but I believe there are similarities. This gives me something worth contemplating today.

If he's advocating for killing people the post should have been removed by mods,if someone took his advice it could get Alex and WP sued for wrongful death.

I saw "punch" in the post not a vicious felonious assault,but maybe I read it wrong.One punch to the face is a misdomeanor but maybe I read the post wrong.and if there is anything about killing this post should be deleted.

There’s a sort of meme about “punching Nazis.”

I don’t feel the OP was advocating murder....but I do believe he wanted to stir things up.

God forbid someone condone and encourage violence against literal Nazi war criminals. The reichwingers here will be forever scarred by having to read Goldy's joke.

Yea,Mr.Goldfish never tries to stir thing up either right,this is a first for him LOL

I have never meant to encourage punching people,with my interest in true crime it's hard for me to not inject my knowledge of the justice system into a thread.

I don't care about Nazi's either but WP could get a lawsuit if someone takes this thread to seriously.

There's a big difference between telling someone what they don't want to hear and insulting, threatening or swearing at them. These methods are also not the most efficient in getting people to listen to you either, nevermind convincing them

It's entirely possible to speak against things, criticise or present unpopular opinions in an articulate and civil manner and it works much better for people who's intentions are honest. I see using freedom of speech in this manner as a highly respectable thing worth protecting, going around shouting at people and calling them fat, stupid etc just makes me an a-hole and an ineffective one to boot. Unless my intentions were to stir up the pot anyway.

TLDR: If people want to use their freedoms in an irresponsible and trivial manner, that's their prerogative, but I'm not going to bother encouraging them.

I don't think sudden unneeded violence solves anything, at the very least it is bad optics that can play into the hands of Nazis and other fascists to play the victim, which they love to do. They love to create that duality where they are both an intellectual truth saying that is simply saying what everyone is thinking and attacked by lesser minded people, but also super strong in how anti fascists are actually a bunch of wusses that would lose to them in a fight.

In the concept of punching a Nazi as it related to not giving any ground to such fascists, I think has some merit. Those who might be oppressed by their ideologies must never let the fascists walk over them. Never let someone spreading anti-Semitic conspiracy theories go unchallenged, always shine a light on people pushing great replacement narratives as people dog whistling for an ethnostate, and end bigotry by pushing for equality.

The people who are Nazis now can look very different from the WW2 soldiers, but many still hold the same kind ultra-nationalistic beliefs, aiming to return things to how they were at some nebulous point in the past, and scapegoating minority groups as somehow the causes of today's problems. Most are just more aware of branding in how they can't be too open with how their beliefs would oppress others and instead use misleading information and quick speak to make white supremacy seem logical.

Even if we're only discussing assault and not murder, promoting illegal activities was against the TOS here last time I checked.

I previously mentioned this,this thread should be removed.

If someone can't take a joke it isn't WP's fault. This seems like a bunch of right-wing snowflakes melting down.

Websites have been sued,whether they would win I don't know.I don't have an issue with putting down Nazi's but I just want WP to be safe from lawsuits.

The fish has become a conservative hating trope.

Back on topic, because defeating fascists before they come to power is much easier than defeating them once they're in power.