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[Reptars Revenge]

I'm kind of in the same boat. Fuck Nazi's and any other group that preaches hate or vilifies other based on race, religion, etc. At the same time, I can't help but think that violence like this is almost stooping to their level. We should aspire to think above our emotions when confronting people like this.

Lol this post with that avatar pic.

 

[lawnchair]

That's the new 'loser' armband?

i don't think being a racist douche, likely with no friends, and putting on a swastika armband makes you a nazi, no. he's just an angry racist nerd who probably spent most of his time looking at stupid memes on the internet until his rage boiled over.

either way, semantics, end result is fine.

 

[zelas]

I'm sure its been said but lol @ youtube taking these videos down for "harassment and bullying" while thousands of youtubers spout racist stuff.

 

[JohnMatrix]

If I saw a guy wearing a swastika arm band I would assume he is joking or is mentally ill

but if he's serious about it and want to talk shit, seems about right that this would happen. Just a peculiar thing to do in the first place

 

[Rmagnus]

If I recall correctly, Americans took POWs and the Nuremburg trials and subsequent Nuremberg proceedings did not consist of American generals punching the accused out cold.

It is possible to believe both that Nazis are evil to be stopped and that one should use a legal process to determine how they should be dealt with.

LOL your legal process has seen black folks murder in cold blood and the cops walk away without even a trial at times. Fucking easy to say when it does not impact you. The fear and stress and uneasiness caused by these fuck tards will not be understood by you

 

[Dude Abides]

so what was he yelling around before he got knocked out, is it known? Cant he get arrested by yelling racist crap in Seattle? (hate speech?)

No. Unless you're clearly threatening someone in a specific way racist speech is protected. US law, unlike many other countries, doesn't recognize a category of "hate speech" that is exempt from legal protection. Not to say you wouldn't get arrested but it would be an unlawful arrest.

 

[BiGBoSSMk23]

Video is down...

"Harassment and bullying"?!?

Are you fucking kidding me YouTube????

Myriads of compilations of street brawls and "instant karma" beatdowns are uploaded and viewed millions of times yet a Nazi getting socked in his fucking mouth gets flagged?!?

Between this and the Pewdiepie shit I'm about to quit YouTube altogether.

Fuck this.

 

[Cohsae]

"Harassment and bullying"?!?

Are you fucking kidding me YouTube????

Myriads of compilations of street brawls and "instant karma" beatdowns are uploaded and viewed millions of times yet a Nazi getting socked in his fucking mouth gets flagged?!?

Between this and the Pewdiepie shit I'm about to quit YouTube altogether.

Fuck this.

YouTube has been doing this shit for a while FYI

 

[MikeyB]

LOL your legal process has seen black folks murder in cold blood and the cops walk away without even a trial at times. Fucking easy to say when it does not impact you. The fear and stress and uneasiness caused by these fuck tards will not be understood by you

And how do you propose fixing that? Roundhouse kicks to chiefs of police? Powerbombing a district attorney through a table? Maybe a folding chair to the face of a politician or a putting a Supreme Court Justice in a sleeper hold?

 

[Sibylus]

Oh look, civic engagement works.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Sorry but if you wear a nazi armband you are a nazi

 

[Gordon Shumway]

I don't agree with the guys assessment, but it's been a pretty clear loser armband for decades now

Oh, I got that.

i don't think being a racist douche, likely with no friends, and putting on a swastika armband makes you a nazi, no. he's just an angry racist nerd who probably spent most of his time looking at stupid memes on the internet until his rage boiled over.

either way, semantics, end result is fine.

He could be all these things you're assuming..he can also, by all means, be a Nazi. I'm just constantly amused by the dismissal of the possibility that someone rocking a swastika is anything other than what the thing represents..it's an interesting phenomenon. And no, I don't mean the Buddhist one..

 

[CookTrain]

He could be all these things you're assuming..he can also, by all means, be a Nazi. I'm just constantly amused by the dismissal of the possibility that someone rocking a swastika is anything other than what the thing represents..it's an interesting phenomenon. And no, I don't mean the Buddhist one..

I wasn't dismissing it, just to be clear. Highlighting that no-one's a loser like a Nazi's a loser.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

And how do you propose fixing that? Roundhouse kicks to chiefs of police? Powerbombing a district attorney through a table? Maybe a folding chair to the face of a politician or a putting a Supreme Court Justice in a sleeper hold?

Maybe less incredulity and condescension from people like you who aren't actively targeted by hate groups, more outreach and conversation with these people inside your homes before they're out in the streets with the rest of us

 

[N7 MRP Weasel]

Has anyone one of these Nazi Sympathizers addressed the WW2 issue and tried to make a counter arguement about how it was unnecessary to utterly destroy them and their ways?

Gonna watch inglorious basterds again.

I cannot wait to get my hands on Wolfenstein and slice and dice them since we can't in real life.

A punch in the face though? Shit ill take that

 

[JaseMath]

So tell me, what would you have done if you were walking down the street and a guy wearing a swastika was talking shit to everyone including you?

I wouldn't react with violence. I would ignore them as a means of standing up to them in a way that doesn't embolden them toward confrontation. Violence just begets more violence—this has always been true. Using physical force provides no foundation for reformation and never has.

 

[Zen Aku]

And how do you propose fixing that? Roundhouse kicks to chiefs of police? Powerbombing a district attorney through a table? Maybe a folding chair to the face of a politician or a putting a Supreme Court Justice in a sleeper hold?

Yes.

Oh wait, you're being sarcastic.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

I wasn't dismissing it, just to be clear. Highlighting that no-one's a loser like a Nazi's a loser.

Shit lol..meant to answer you separately. Sorry about that.

 

[Lois_Lane]

I wouldn't react with violence. I would ignore them as a means of standing up to them in a way that doesn't embolden them toward confrontation. Violence just begets more violence—this has always been true. Using physical force provides no foundation for reformation and never has.

And we defeated the Nazi's in WW2 how again?

 

[N7 MRP Weasel]

I wouldn't react with violence. I would ignore them as a means of standing up to them in a way that doesn't embolden them toward confrontation. Violence just begets more violence—this has always been true. Using physical force provides no foundation for reformation and never has.

So if you were President of the United States circa 1940s, what would be your approach to Europe going up in flames?

 

[wisdom0wl]

And we defeated the Nazi's in WW2 how again?

By ignoring them of course.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

I wouldn't react with violence. I would ignore them as a means of standing up to them in a way that doesn't embolden them toward confrontation. Violence just begets more violence—this has always been true. Using physical force provides no foundation for reformation and never has.

I've knocked people bullying others on their assess..shit worked plenty..

And we defeated the Nazi's in WW2 how again?

A bouquet of blue flowers..

 

[True Underdog]

I wouldn't react with violence. I would ignore them as a means of standing up to them in a way that doesn't embolden them toward confrontation. Violence just begets more violence—this has always been true. Using physical force provides no foundation for reformation and never has.

Ignoring trolls has worked so well.

 

[Kenai]

I wouldn't react with violence. I would ignore them as a means of standing up to them in a way that doesn't embolden them toward confrontation. Violence just begets more violence—this has always been true. Using physical force provides no foundation for reformation and never has.

You are allowed to ignore them because you aren't being targeted by them. Some of us do not have that luxury.

 

[Brazil]

I wouldn't react with violence. I would ignore them as a means of standing up to them in a way that doesn't embolden them toward confrontation. Violence just begets more violence—this has always been true. Using physical force provides no foundation for reformation and never has.

Did no one else have History classes in school?

But I do guess it'd be easy to ignore fucking nazis when you're ridiculously privileged.

 

[CrocMother]

We fought a war against the Nazi and became a better world because of it. So yeah. Violence is working against these fucks.

How is the world a better place because this man got punched?

 

[shandy706]

😂

 

[ponpo]

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2...-in-the-1930sthe-german-american-bund/529185/

Punching nazis since the 30s.

 

[Gnome Scat]

that dude isn't a fucking nazi, just a loser. deserved what he got.

Looked like both to me.

 

[jiiikoo]

I wouldn't react with violence. I would ignore them as a means of standing up to them in a way that doesn't embolden them toward confrontation. Violence just begets more violence—this has always been true. Using physical force provides no foundation for reformation and never has.

And yet here we are, 70 years after the WW2 ended (by a means of violence mind you) and there are fucking nazis walking down the street. Us humans had 70 years of people telling other people, and everyone knowing the nazis are the lowest of the low, and still, here he is, in downtown Seattle walking. What do you propose we do, ignore them or tell them nicely to stop? Explaining to them via science or reason or common sense didn't seem to work since we still have those fuckers around. I would say, it's time we tried something else, and maybe, just maybe, that something else is a punch in the face everytime a nazi rears it's ugly head.

 

[Mr. E. Yis]

So what's next, we celebrate someone killing a guy like this? He's a piece of trash, sure, but you guys celebrating this absolutely disgust me.

Well it is normal to celebrate, our whole country has done this in the past. We had "disgusting" victory parades when these brave souls came home, because they eradicated nazi filth for the next 70 years. That is why they are called the GREATEST GENERATION.

 

[CookTrain]

How is the world a better place because this man got punched?

Hopefully it's a visceral example that Nazism isn't welcome?

Pacifist is something I'll advocate for every day of every week, but pacifism is about setting an example. Some groups look to take advantage of that, seeing it as weakness, with no openness to meet pacifism with pacifism.

There comes a point where either you act or you're steamrolled by people who are playing by different rules.

 

[Brazil]

How is the world a better place because this man got punched?

That one fuckwad will think twice the next time he's choosing his armband for the daily commute.

 

[Kenai]

How is the world a better place because this man got punched?

He's back in his basement nursing his bruised ego instead of harassing innocent people with threats of genocide? Oh, and he *might* think twice about doing it again. Repercussions do work.

 

[N7 MRP Weasel]

How is the world a better place because this man got punched?

Aside from it providing comedic relief in the world so fucked up... It's one less Nazi scum on the streets, he's probably at home right now thinking about how dumb the whole thing was and is back to posting on Neogaf of course.

 

[wandering]

What kind of dipshit tries to do that in Seattle of all places

 

[Sibylus]

How is the world a better place because this man got punched?

The nazi slunk home in disgrace instead of finally blowing his stack in the face of widespread indifference and attacking somebody.

But is this... better?

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Yeah guys let's talk it out with the nazis

 

[Kindekuma]

What kind of dipshit tries to do that in Seattle of all places

What kind of dipshit does that anywhere?

 

[The Kree]

How is the world a better place because this man got punched?

How would the world be better if he weren't punched? Nazis only exist to be destroyed in the first place.

 

[shandy706]

Kind of want to punch a racist/nazi now.

 

[MikeyB]

And we defeated the Nazi's in WW2 how again?

Force beat them back, gave the Allies control, and then surprise... they used trials to hold them to account. Hell, when the Nazis laid down their arms, the Allies even captured them and held them as prisoners of war.

 

[v0yce]

How is the world a better place because this man got punched?

Well apparently, after being punched, this Nazi took of his Nazi garb and stopped confronting people with hateful Nazi talk.

So at least for a little while the world got better.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

How is the world a better place because this man got punched?

 

[N7 MRP Weasel]

Holy shit hahahahah

 

[The Kree]

Force beat them back, gave the Allies control, and then surprise... they used trials to hold them to account. Hell, when the Nazis laid down their arms, the Allies even captured them and held them as prisoners of war.

Guns, bullets, and shooting were involved at some point before the trials. Lots. They didn't show up for court willingly.

 

[lawnchair]

He could be all these things you're assuming..he can also, by all means, be a Nazi. I'm just constantly amused by the dismissal of the possibility that someone rocking a swastika is anything other than what the thing represents..it's an interesting phenomenon. And no, I don't mean the Buddhist one..

to be clear, i'm not saying that this guy isn't a piece of shit, and in the end the difference between piece of shit who deserves a beating and Nazi isn't all that important (if there is one at all). it's just different to me is all. Heinrich Himmler was a Nazi, Reinhard Heydrich was a Nazi, Martin Bormann was a Nazi. these people did unspeakable terrible things. just because somebody has wet dreams about these people and wears a swastika doesn't put him in their company, imo. this guy has nothing to do with the Third Reich, he's just an All American White Supremacist Jerkoff.

 

[Kenai]

Force beat them back, gave the Allies control, and then surprise... they used trials to hold them to account. Hell, when the Nazis laid down their arms, the Allies even captured them and held them as prisoners of war.

And how were they initially forced back?

 

[Belfast]

I wouldn't react with violence. I would ignore them as a means of standing up to them in a way that doesn't embolden them toward confrontation. Violence just begets more violence—this has always been true. Using physical force provides no foundation for reformation and never has.

Appeasement.

 

[jiiikoo]

to be clear, i'm not saying that this guy isn't a piece of shit, and in the end the difference between piece of shit who deserves a beating and Nazi isn't all that important (if there is one at all). it's just different to me is all. Heinrich Himmler was a Nazi, Reinhard Heydrich was a Nazi, Martin Bormann was a Nazi. these people did unspeakable terrible things. just because somebody has wet dreams about these people and wears a swastika doesn't put him in their company, imo. this guy has nothing to do with the Third Reich, he's just an All American White Supremacist Jerkoff.

And how exactly is that any lesser?