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In reply to the discussion: Punching Nazis feels good, but it's a selfish act, not something that leads to victory [View all]womanofthehills
(8,687 posts)80. If Antifa was not at Charlottesville - many more people would have been injured -
Dr. Cornel West says anti-fascist and anarchist protesters protected clergy from being "crushed like cockroaches" by white nationalists Friday night in Charlottesville: "They saved our lives, actually
I will never forget that."
HELLO - we are talking about being antifacist. Why is that the same as being a Nazi to you??????????
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Punching Nazis feels good, but it's a selfish act, not something that leads to victory [View all]
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
OP
We do that by showing up in numbers that are ten times theirs, and by shunning them and
Squinch
Aug 2017
#26
no objective evidence that violent opposition to the Nazis directly resulted in their ascension to p
LanternWaste
Aug 2017
#51
With Nazis, we can defeat them with violence now or defeat them with violence later.
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 2017
#3
that's what the Communists said in the 1930s. Before the Nazis liquidated them
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#5
Yes, and they liquidated them because GOOD PEOPLE turned their backs on the fighters
obamanut2012
Aug 2017
#19
That's the problem, there are three reactions to street brawls between rival gangs
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#29
Captain America, Miss Victory, Wonder Woman and Indiana Jones say YOU'RE WRONG!
Foamfollower
Aug 2017
#9
I kicked one in the balls once. Well, he probably was a Bircher instead of a Nazi.
haele
Aug 2017
#24
No, they rose to power in an environment of chaos and street battles with Communists.
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#22
best way for Nazi marches to be received is with cops maintaining complete control,
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#62
If Antifa was not at Charlottesville - many more people would have been injured -
womanofthehills
Aug 2017
#80
You absolutely have the right, and they absolutely deserve it, but it is not the effective means to
Squinch
Aug 2017
#28
the antifa aren't about self-defense, let's be honest they're mostly Black Bloc
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#36
Actually, part of the whole Nazi thing is to inflitrate police departments
womanofthehills
Aug 2017
#82
the Nazis rose to power in Berlin by getting into street brawls with the more numerous Communists
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#30
Do you think they would seek to create the violence and chaos if they thought they would lose?
jmg257
Aug 2017
#47
They know they are losing when they can not act out on their hate without opposition
jmg257
Aug 2017
#60
it is vastly different to be talking about how Nazis rose to power vs how we defeated them
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#49
Literally just walking up to a Nazi and punching him is incredibly foolish.
Tommy_Carcetti
Aug 2017
#50
Again, two different considerations for keeping the Nazis out of political power
geek tragedy
Aug 2017
#58
You are a voice of reason Geek Tragedy and one who understands the lessons of history.
Expecting Rain
Aug 2017
#68
Hard to imagine when faced with chaos and violence in the streets, the US people will turn to
jmg257
Aug 2017
#72
Well - I do hope so. We will have some time to see how it shakes out at at least a few events.
jmg257
Aug 2017
#77
In the late 20's and early 30s Germans failed to punch enough nazis hard enough
Voltaire2
Aug 2017
#91