• gmtom@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Honestly as much I vehemently support punching fascists, the guy was fishing for a reaction and so got exactly what he wanted.

    The only way to deal with these guys that are just trying to get attention is to just look at them disgusted and then ignore them

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      1 hour ago

      The real solution would have been for multiple people to join in so he couldn’t just walk it off the whole getting a reaction thing is made up, fascists don’t need a reaction to justify fascism, they’ll do it no matter what

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      The Nazi SA were also fishing for a reaction from Jews, leftists, social democrats etc. – they assaulted and murdered them, and then when someone fought back they’d use it as an excuse to say “oh look how violent these Jews (or whatever) are”.

      Does that mean nobody should have violently opposed Nazis? Or will these “people” find an excuse anyhow, regardless of if you give them a reaction or not?

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        2 hours ago

        It is not a black and white, all or nothing issue. You can fight the actual fascist agents while just ignoring the random attention seeking teenagers.

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      Maybe I’m desensitized from being a kinkster but just because someone is asking for violence doesn’t automatically mean you shouldn’t give it.

      Y’all never seen a brat looking to be tamed? Sometimes people really want to learn the limits of how special they are.

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        2 hours ago

        This is this is some “so you hate waffles?” type shit.

        Actual ice agents that are arresting people? Yes fight them physically tooth and nail, be armed to the teeth whenever they are near.

        Some random kid at school being a smug prick to get a reaction for tiktok? No. It does less good than harm.

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      7 hours ago

      Yes, but what if the next day they are 2 people “supporting ICE”, and the day after they are 4 then 6, then… then they are numemous enough they can terrorize minorities for real.

      This boy stopped that right from the start, by showing them: fascists will NOT be tolerated.

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        2 hours ago

        So you think this shit eating loser now doesn’t support ICE, won’t don’t this exact same thing again after seeing the video he filmed get millions of views, and he gets massive support from the MAGA grift complex. This guy could probably make a career off of this event.

        And then when other shit sniffing right wingers see that guy make money from it, they’re just going to copy him.

        This will only do more harm than good.

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      12 hours ago

      Typically I would agree, however in this instance, I really feel that all of those other kids in the hall should be queued for their turn to take a swing.

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        If they would have been, or are today, then sure. If they aren’t, then yeah, let’s explore other ways to kill off nazis than punching them publicly on a video they are recording.