For the record... a) I object to the violent push back against Nazis, because fascism tends to flourish in situations where government, and
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Weimar Republic and the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy). b) I object to the dehumanization of Nazis, because the lesson of history is
that we are willing to do terrible things to people, once we view them as less than human; c) More generally, I object to rhetoric that
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demonizes large groups of people - e.g., Trump voters, the white working-class -because whether you like it all not polarization and...
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entrenchment are real political phenomenon (I'd point to the religious wars in Ireland from the 17th century onward as good evidence), and
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if you want fewer Nazis, rather than more Nazis, you'd better take that into account, and, regardless, the lesson of history, again, is that
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polarization & entrenchment tend to end badly (if you want an example, there was no particular anti-German sentiment among the British
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population in early 1914, but by late 1915, it had reached such a fever pitch that it made a WW1 negotiated settlement impossible (and such
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a settlement was mooted in 1917). d) And finally, I absolutely distrust the motives of people on the left who relish a street battle. If you
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are willing to hammer people on the head with a heavy bicycle lock, then I don't want you anywhere near political power.
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If you're on the Left, and you're in favor violence, I think you're wrong, but not because I like Nazis, because I don't like them.
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