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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polarization & entrenchment tend to end badly (if you want an example, there was no particular anti-German sentiment among the British
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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