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(99,997 posts) Sun Jan 22, 2017, 12:25 PM Jan 2017

Do you agree with me that it is your patriotic duty to punch a NAZI [View all]

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Do you agree with me that it is your patriotic duty to punch a NAZI [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 OP

Nazi punching is a great American tradition MrScorpio Jan 2017 #1

Yep workinclasszero Jan 2017 #23

Damn skippy! MrScorpio Jan 2017 #34

Act like a NAZI as a means of protesting what a NAZI is saying? guillaumeb Jan 2017 #2

My old man was ordered to kill NAZIS in WW ll DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #9

Violence will be used by Spencer as a recruiting tool. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #10

My old man was ordered to kill Nazi's too. He was luckier with the shrapenel (hit his shoulder) in rzemanfl Jan 2017 #81

I'm sure that was "accidental".... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #3

Not accidental. I saw the clip. It was self-defense. NCjack Jan 2017 #17

Guess you missed the intended sarcasm... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #19

My sarcasm piling on your sarcasm failed. NCjack Jan 2017 #20

You're both wrong Orrex Jan 2017 #30

I did not see that inversion of the event. It is possible, in a Conway NCjack Jan 2017 #37

You're getting bogged down by your "alternative facts" Orrex Jan 2017 #39

In WW2, it was our patriotic duty to kill them. roamer65 Jan 2017 #4

... DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #5

Oh noes! A liberal college professor punching a servicemember for his political views! backscatter712 Jan 2017 #12

They way I saw the video is this Spencer guy is quite clumsy. He tripped and fell right into that TrekLuver Jan 2017 #6

There are no real Nazis.. speaktruthtopower Jan 2017 #7

The quickest way to tell is to punch one. bluedigger Jan 2017 #11

Ok, I LOL'ed. Orrex Jan 2017 #32

I wish shenmue Jan 2017 #53

American tradition forces us to punch nazis bravenak Jan 2017 #8

Yes...nt SidDithers Jan 2017 #13

Nazi Gets Punched In The Face, Internet Celebrates Scurrilous Jan 2017 #14

We can "punch" Nazis in a multitude of ways uponit7771 Jan 2017 #15

Easier to punch them now than workinclasszero Jan 2017 #16

I defer to Captain America and Woody Allen on this temporary311 Jan 2017 #18

OMG! I must've missed that Woody Allen movie! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #22

You missed Manhattan? oberliner Jan 2017 #35

Maybe Annie Hall is more acclaimed? Yes, I never saw Manhattan. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #40

Maybe so oberliner Jan 2017 #43

I just looked at the plot summary and see what you mean. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #45

This scene from Annie Hall reminds me of my mother... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #46

Yes, Annie Hall is great oberliner Jan 2017 #47

He won an oscar for Annie Hall (nt) leftynyc Jan 2017 #64

I think Manhattan was his highest grossing movie, though oberliner Jan 2017 #67

Woody! underpants Jan 2017 #26

I liked that! Perfect. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #58

What would John Wayne do?... lame54 Jan 2017 #21

Know your enemy...these punks will put you in your grave if given a chance workinclasszero Jan 2017 #24

Yep. But the consequences are more than A&B. They'll kill you, if possible. NT Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #70

I believe it is my patriotic to use non-violent methods to the fullest extent possible struggle4progress Jan 2017 #25

I agree MountCleaners Jan 2017 #87

I do wonder if I have become a bad person... HopeAgain Jan 2017 #27

Can we punch Communists and Muslims too? NobodyHere Jan 2017 #28

Muslims and Communists equal... Nazis?? Charles Bukowski Jan 2017 #36

Did a poster just compare Muslims to NAZIS?/nt DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #42

Yes. And Communists. emulatorloo Jan 2017 #84

Odd response DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #85

Yeah very odd. He's putting words in your mouth to make you look bad. emulatorloo Jan 2017 #86

Are you suggesting Communists and Muslims are NAZIS? DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #41

Are they comparable leftynyc Jan 2017 #65

I think he is trying to ask a good question Yupster Jan 2017 #100

NAZISM is an eliminationist philosophy . Islam isn't. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #118

If it is what Captain America would do, than I am all for it! Rex Jan 2017 #29

It's part of a long tradition Orrex Jan 2017 #31

Aldo Raine would approve! Initech Jan 2017 #33

Waiting until a NAZI sarisataka Jan 2017 #38

People act like the Nazis were born at the Nuremberg rallies Charles Bukowski Jan 2017 #44

This applause of violence is a sad reflection on our era tritsofme Jan 2017 #48

"For us it is conquer or die...Hail Trump..." -Richard Spencer DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #49

Bullshit.. you can't play nice with those evil bastards nini Jan 2017 #69

So at what point is violence justifiable against your political opponents? tritsofme Jan 2017 #88

Are you shitting me? nini Jan 2017 #89

You are no better. tritsofme Jan 2017 #92

You hope I go to jail nini Jan 2017 #93

It's all empty talk anyway melman Jan 2017 #78

I almost punched one with the emphasis on almost DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #122

High school is a different thing melman Jan 2017 #124

That guy hit Spencer and ran away. I have a problem with that. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #127

It truly is... rumdude Jan 2017 #99

it's called preemptive heaven05 Jan 2017 #50

Yes! Whenever, wherever you can. eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #51

He deserved to be punched just for being such an insufferable, self absorbed wildeyed Jan 2017 #52

Like Joe Louis punched Germany's Max Schmeling on 6/22/1938... VOX Jan 2017 #54

Richard Spencer got off easy. FuzzyRabbit Jan 2017 #55

Poor guy . . . . . . he could have hurt his hand. Hoyt Jan 2017 #56

There have been some fun treatment of this punch Gothmog Jan 2017 #57

... DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #59

From my twitter feed Gothmog Jan 2017 #60

LOL workinclasszero Jan 2017 #61

It would be my patriotic duty to spill a staining liquid on the front of his pants... cynatnite Jan 2017 #62

Remember when a protestor at a Trump rally was sucker punched? Did you support that? brooklynite Jan 2017 #63

No - he wasn't a nazi leftynyc Jan 2017 #66

Yes it does... brooklynite Jan 2017 #68

I remember the movie "Holocaust" from when I was a kid DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #75

...and when we live in a fascist dictatorship, you can apply different principles... brooklynite Jan 2017 #77

Nope - I don't accept that leftynyc Jan 2017 #83

The OP poster suggested violence against other DUers that did not PufPuf23 Jan 2017 #91

That is libel DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #94

What is true is not libel. Note that I said your cited post advocating violence may have PufPuf23 Jan 2017 #95

I would never advocate violence against someone for merely holding a different opinion. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #96

You're blowing DSB's post WAY out of proportion, and you know it. BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #97

DSB's post here advocating violence is at best in poor taste and counter productive PufPuf23 Jan 2017 #101

Punching Nazis is hilarious "period" JHan Jan 2017 #109

Everything is context. I use to really like Hogan's Heros when young. PufPuf23 Jan 2017 #112

Your analysis is deeply flawed and sad Gothmog Jan 2017 #110

I really don't think so. PufPuf23 Jan 2017 #113

I have a sense of humor. Gothmog Jan 2017 #114

I whole heartily agree with you. PufPuf23 Jan 2017 #115

From the Daily Kos Gothmog Jan 2017 #126

Again. You've blown the OP out of proportion and making it into something it isn't. BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #111

It was way more than that. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #119

Fact: Last year DSB made a post suggesting violence against DUers that held an opinion PufPuf23 Jan 2017 #128

So you refuse to apologize for dredging up old grudges? Okay. I guess I know where you're BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #130

I don't get the reasoning why I owe DSB an apology. PufPuf23 Jan 2017 #131

Fact: "history of violence" you're putting words in DSB's mouth, and making up shit. emulatorloo Jan 2017 #133

I never advocated violence against anybody for merely holding a different opinion. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #116

Being a Nazi makes a difference. It does. NT Adrahil Jan 2017 #73

It's a patriotic duty to STOP a Nazi MurrayDelph Jan 2017 #71

I'm certainly not going to cry over it. But, generally, a Nazi's words should be met prayin4rain Jan 2017 #72

What does it accomplish meadowlander Jan 2017 #74

Shunning, punching, yelling...whatever it takes to drive them back into the dark hole manicraven Jan 2017 #82

It's funny as fk ..lol JHan Jan 2017 #76

I think of it more in terms of... Turbineguy Jan 2017 #79

I am more into cursing get the red out Jan 2017 #80

My WWII Army dad is spinning in his grave nini Jan 2017 #90

I find something vaguely Nazi-like in the phrase "patriotic duty" Spider Jerusalem Jan 2017 #98

There are always going to be Nazis MountCleaners Jan 2017 #102

There are still a few WW11 vets left randr Jan 2017 #103

They were brainwashed by hate radio workinclasszero Jan 2017 #104

So true randr Jan 2017 #105

And people wonder zipplewrath Jan 2017 #106

I wonder how many people here MountCleaners Jan 2017 #107

Does it take violence? zipplewrath Jan 2017 #108

Primary? No. Adrahil Jan 2017 #120

No one zipplewrath Jan 2017 #121

Exactly MountCleaners Jan 2017 #123

Many of our problems won't end until we get to this zipplewrath Jan 2017 #129

i am vice chair of the local dem party in a very very red area dembotoz Jan 2017 #117

No Madam Mossfern Jan 2017 #125

"Patriotism is the last refuge for a scoundrel" sl8 Jan 2017 #132