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Would you be dancing in the streets about a "Nazi's" house being burned down? How about with him in it? I'm just wondering where we draw the line as far as celebrating violence.

We're getting close to "imagine this ISIS member had saved a blind dachs puppy, and knew a cure for cancer, would YOU really want senseless violence visited upon his home?"

You're pissing all over your slope trying to make it slippery, dude.

 

[Moze]

Such a clean KO. Whether you agree with this or not, you have to respect how clean that knockout was.

 

[Jack Scofield]

Scrolling down the OP and seeing the photo of the dude laid out made me laugh. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

 

[Messofanego]

I'm genuinely ignorant on this: do modern Nazis actually want to *kill* the minorities, or just deport them?

After Heather Heyer's death at Charlottesville

Christopher Cantwell: "I think a lot more people are going to die before we're done here...People die violent deaths all the time. This is part of the reason we want an ethnostate."

 

[Shao Kahn on the Lawn]

He got knocked out dude. Big jump from murder.

And even then, these people's whole belief system is built around killing minorities. So forgive me if I don't feel bad for the guy.

Not that it would upset me if it happened, but the gap between a bare-knuckle knockout over concrete and murder is basically luck. It really isn't unheard of for a shot like that to end in death.

 

[Lautaro]

i love how people try to differentiate wwII nazi's with the wannabe Nazis today. Like people in the 1940's were from another planet or were robots.

They were people just like this asshole here, if he had power what do you think he would do?

Every American is taught from childhood what Nazis did and wanted to do. I'm not sure why people are defending this shit.

If anything there's the possibility many WWII nazis didn't knew about the camps and massacres.

Modern nazis "joke" all day about gassing people.

 

[Occam]

WTF are "nazi children"

Presumably these:

You totally shouldn't punch them if you ever happen to time travel back to 1945. They really had no other choice.

 

[BlackDoomShadow]

Is there a longer version of that video some where? I want to hear more of what the Nazi guy was saying before hand to people.

"I know the guy is dressed like a Nazi but I wish I knew what kinds of things he was saying. Maybe he was advocating for adopting puppies or donating to charity? I mean there's just so many things he might have been talking about and now we'll never know."

 

[Eylos]

I think I would feel a whole lot better about this if there was video of this guy screaming at people before hand.

The only video I see is of him being surrounded by other 4 or 5 people and getting punched in the face mid-sentence. All I heard was "they deserve the...(something?)...PUNCHED OUT"

It would go a long way in showing he actually deserved to get beaten right there on the street. Sure, the armband swastika is pretty bad in it's own right, but showing the guy mouthing off and spewing pure hate live in a video would make me personally feel a whole lot better about it.

Hopefully someone on the bus or train got video of this Nazi guy doing more than just sitting in a seat listening to music on his headphones. Because that'll be the narrative the Alt-Right uses in their propaganda. "Innocent man taking advantage of 1st amendment rights ruthlessly attacked by radical Antifa extremists blah blah blah shit". That's how it'll be spun - making him into the victim.

I assume he probably went back and forth with someone based on the armband he was wearing. I'd probably say something too to this clown if he's just walking down the street wearing that shit. But I ain't taking a swing at him unless he takes one at me. Having video evidence of him spewing hatred beforehand would go along way, though, in making me take a good swing at him. Especially if he was doing it right in my face.

Is there a longer version of that video some where? I want to hear more of what the Nazi guy was saying beforehand to people.

EDIT - looks like YouTube is taking them down.

This link is up


https://youtu.be/N-MdUZK0ylc

 

[Kill Your Masters]

What if it was a dying child's wish to see a youtube video of a nazi being punched?

Would you be dancing in the streets about a "Nazi's" house being burned down? How about with him in it? I'm just wondering where we draw the line as far as celebrating violence.

Punches.

 

[Ekai]

This needs to continue to be a thing.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

Not that it would upset me if it happened, but the gap between a bare-knuckle knockout over concrete and murder is basically luck. It really isn't unheard of for a shot like that to end in death.

An acquaintance of mine took a punch like that one and it messed up his speech. He was never the same again. One punch like that.

 

[Par Score]

A bit of good news for a change.

I love this so much.

https://twitter.com/NYCAntifa/status/909814621682438144

Fuck nazi's period.

What a fucking hit. Somebody sign that guy up.

 

[Instro]

"I know the guy is dressed like a Nazi but I wish I knew what kinds of things he was saying. Maybe he was advocating for adopting puppies or donating to charity? I mean there's just so many things he might have been talking about and now we'll never know."

Nazi with a heart of gold.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

you know it's really strange how people only seem to decry violence and envoke the slippery slope fallacy when it happens to nazis, but not anyone else.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Stop the stupid derail about "Nazi children" and find your way back to the topic, which is about an adult who voluntarily wore a Nazi symbol then went out and started harassing people until someone kicked his ass.

I just like the way this sentence forms.

 

[Cake Boss]

That punch gave me social justice boner.

Now do the president.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Would you be dancing in the streets about a "Nazi's" house being burned down?

I'm not a very good dancer so probably not.

Also what's with the quotation marks? Do you think the guy wearing a Swastika armband isn't a Nazi?

 

[arab]

Would you be dancing in the streets about a "Nazi's" house being burned down? How about with him in it? I'm just wondering where we draw the line as far as celebrating violence.

is the cause of the fire due to overfilling of giant genocide ovens?

 

[TeamLeftMatch]

Captain America could've settle this non-violently guys. The Nazis win this way

Spoiler

/s

 

[Osukaa]

He's a nazi. They did this:

this guy was harassing people and very much would like to do the above considering he's wearing their symbols. Fuck him.

Thank you. People seem to forget how evil and hateful that symbol is. I don't see how anyone can defend that piece of shit or anyone who wears that symbol of hatred and genocide.

You Don't show sympathy to Evil. You knock it the fuck out. If you have family who's been through the holocaust or have heard any stories regarding what the Nazi's did and you still defend them then your just as bad. Go educate yourself on just how evil that symbol is and hopefully you'll understand why everyone here hates Nazi's.

 

[freethoughtbubble]

Doesn't look like this was organized, targeted violence. I wouldn't be down for that. But this, this I'm okay with. The stupid bastard asked for it.

 

[backflip10019]

This link is up


https://youtu.be/N-MdUZK0ylc

Holy shit he got his clock cleaned.

 

[mullet2000]

Not that it would upset me if it happened, but the gap between a bare-knuckle knockout over concrete and murder is basically luck. It really isn't unheard of for a shot like that to end in death.

Totally but it's not premeditated murder is what I'm saying.

 

[The Elite]

I love this so much.

https://twitter.com/NYCAntifa/status/909814621682438144

Fuck nazi's period.

I would feel sorry for that person if he wasn't a Nazi.

He's a Nazi though so I don't.

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

Unrelated to the video but one thing we need to be careful about is a bully forcing their victims to look like Nazi so they can get punched but that's probably unrealistic.

 

[joe2187]

He crumpled like a sack of wet shit.

 

[DirgeExtinction]

This will not end well for our country. This is what the wealthy and the powerful want. A race / class war. Its the same shit, different century.

If we don't do anything, what happened in Germany could happen here.

 

[Brock Reiher]

Would you be dancing in the streets about a "Nazi's" house being burned down? How about with him in it? I'm just wondering where we draw the line as far as celebrating violence.

I don't think so. Both seem to go too far while being not nearly as satisfying as a good punch. Heroically punching Nazis specifically has been a part of the American consciousness for decades now.

Like even watching someone kicking a Nazi wouldn't be as good because it's not a punch.

 

[TarNaru33]

Not that it would upset me if it happened, but the gap between a bare-knuckle knockout over concrete and murder is basically luck. It really isn't unheard of for a shot like that to end in death.

It is important to realize you have to be REALLY unlucky and only a fraction of people die from a fist fight... so no, while it is possible, it is still nowhere near comparison.

 

[Netherscourge]

This link is up


https://youtu.be/N-MdUZK0ylc

What does he say?

They deserve the...what?

 

[KarmaCow]

Would you be dancing in the streets about a "Nazi's" house being burned down? How about with him in it? I'm just wondering where we draw the line as far as celebrating violence.

Why did you scare quote nazi?

 

[Nokterian]

I would feel sorry for that person if he wasn't a Nazi.

He's a Nazi though so I don't.

Never feel sorry for a nazi, white supremacist..never forget they killed millions and if they come to power look at the white house they will and can do another holocaust.

 

[mnannola]

No love lost for Nazi's, but not sure I like punching some dude just for talking shit. Was he an immediate threat to anyone?

 

[Switch Back 9]

If we don't do anything, what happened in Germany could happen here.

What does he say?

They deserve the...what?

Welfare. Not sure about what he was talking about specifically though.

 

[Eylos]

What does he say?

They deserve the...what?

Wellfare

 

[Arcteryx]

Damn are Nazis a problem in Seattle? I'm planning on moving there but I'm not built for repeated harassment from Nazis as I literally mind my own business and try to enjoy life without getting attacked. What are the sketchy areas where I may encounter neo nazis and alt rights?

Violence is never the answer and I don't condone this no matter what. It sucks to see dude get slumped no matter how long he harassed people. I wish there was way to have him arrested or some form of binding consequence that is not violent enough to deter others from similar actions.

I thought that area was safe, at least that's what it says from research online. I am legit scared because out of fear of one day losing my cool, responding in a negative manner, and getting caught up in some real life fuckery.

Not at all. This is the first I've heard of someone outright wearing an armband downtown.

The area this happened (3rd and Pine) is a shit show already, so it doesn't surprise me it happened there.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

No love lost for Nazi's, but not sure I like punching some dude just for talking shit. Was he an immediate threat to anyone?

Yes. The armband and ideology are a threat to everyone.

 

[Az]

I don't understand why Antifa keeps getting brought up. To me it seems like the dude would have been noticed by anyone, anywhere he was with that kind of armband. Just because some twitter dudes asked for him to get KO'd doesnt mean that they organized it. The other guy could easily be someone he harrassed. The way the nazi was behaving, he would get smacked, twitter or not.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

Would you be dancing in the streets about a "Nazi's" house being burned down? How about with him in it?

Would be a shame to destroy a house that could go to someone in need.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Unrelated to the video but one thing we need to be careful about is a bully forcing their victims to look like Nazi so they can get punched but that's probably unrealistic.

That's hella unrealistic.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I vote for 'Anti-Facists' in the title to be changed to Heroes.

 

[Aselith]

I don't understand why Antifa keeps getting brought up. To me it seems like the dude would have been noticed by anyone, anywhere he was with that kind of armband. Just because some twitter dudes asked for him to get KO'd doesnt mean that they organized it. The other guy could easily be someone he harrassed. The way the nazi was behaving, he would get smacked, twitter or not.

Because the right wants to demonize the people opposing their shitlord champions.

 

[Ferr986]

No love lost for Nazi's, but not sure I like punching some dude just for talking shit. Was he an immediate threat to anyone?

Anyone that supports nazism is a threat for society.

 

[Breads]

I'm genuinely ignorant on this: do modern Nazis actually want to *kill* the minorities, or just deport them?

They are literally killing people over their views, yes.

Their PR is crazy if there are still people out there who are still questioning their motives.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Would you be dancing in the streets about a "Nazi's" house being burned down? How about with him in it? I'm just wondering where we draw the line as far as celebrating violence.

I don't dance, but I'd probably shoot off a firework or two in celebration.

 

[Busaiku]

No love lost for Nazi's, but not sure I like punching some dude just for talking shit. Was he an immediate threat to anyone?

He's a Nazi, so yes.

 

[Crossing Eden]

No love lost for Nazi's, but not sure I like punching some dude just for talking shit. Was he an immediate threat to anyone?

Nazism is inherently an immediate threat to people so yea.

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

That's hella unrealistic.

Extremely unlikely, but I can see a group of teenagers slapping a Nazi sticker on their least likable friend in their group who is unaware about it. If such an unlikely case does happen, the best way is to ask the kid if they are aware of they are wearing and what it represents.

 

[hoserx]

Why did you scare quote nazi?

yeah, and what's with the apostrophe usage in an attempt to pluralize?