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Self defense is a kind of violence, I guess.
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They're kinda famous for punching people (physically) unprovoked at this point. There was a whole discourse around it that comes back up pretty regularly, I don't know how you could miss it.
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Punching people who think you and your friends should be killed just for existing is a form of self-defense.
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> Punching people who think you and your friends should be killed just for existing is a form of self-defense.

This is such an incredibly radicalized and detached from reality statement. It's genuinely scary that there are people who think this way.

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Yeah, it is terrifying there are people who think other people deserve to be killed just for existing and yet, behold, the world is what it is.
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The real question is where do you draw the line with these ideologies? I don't think anyone deserves violence just for thinking the wrong things, but we're currently seeing the result of when those thoughts inevitably turn into actions.

It doesn't seem like America ended up on the right side of the paradox of tolerance, so I'm curious how you think we could have avoided our current fascist leadership?

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Ah, you mean when they punched the nazi guy?
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Punching normal average people? Or punching Nazis?
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The air quotes around 'right' are interesting there. Yes, violence against Nazis and Fascists is acceptable. Do you disagree? I thought it was pretty much settled, we did a whole world war about it.
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WWII revisionism is back in fashion these days, even in spaces that historically would have been only mildly to the right of center.
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The trouble with that logic is that we also had a fair few wars against Communists.
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We'll worry about that when the Presidency and both houses of Congress are controlled by the Communist Party
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Problem is "Nazi" = "Anyone who disagrees with me" in most Left-friendly spaces today. For instance: https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/was-charlie-kirk-a...

None of his views had anything to do with Naziism but failure to fall in line with all of the Left's current positions makes one "a Nazi" to them. And yes, much the same way as right-wing extremists like to paint all 'liberals' as "gun grabbing Marxists." The difference is you can find a lot more liberals who would happily glorify Marx than you can find Americans of any party who would glorify the Nazi regime or its acts.

In case it's unclear, I do not support Nazis either.

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Charlie Kirk was not a Nazi, but he was definitely a fascist.
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"A majority of individuals involved are anarchists, communists, and socialists, although some social democrats also participate in the antifa movement. The name antifa and the logo with two flags representing anarchism and communism are derived from the German antifa movement." [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)

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