Real talk: If you aren't interested in being the one who aggressively, physically refuses fascists a space to talk, alright, fine.
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There are lots of reasons that people don't want to throw hands. I get that. I'm not asking everyone to be the dude who clocks Spencer.
But if you think that we really need to have a calm, rational debate with folks who regularly frame genocide as a logical action, then peace
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If this disappoints you, if you thought I was "smarter" than this, then maybe take a second to consider I might not be talking out my ass.
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While you encourage me to debate a brick wall, I'll be busy trying to keep it from fucking falling on my head.
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I have been biting my tongue on this shit for two weeks now while literal white supremacists have been driving down my block shouting slurs
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(That Shia installation piece really brought out the best of the best, truly.)
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Do you not feel like this will embolden them? Much like the "deplorables" comment, it might become something to rally behind.
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Of course fascists will rally behind being resisted. They're fascists my dude. We have to push harder.
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The counter isn't "Let them continue to build strength in their corner of the internet." We tried that.
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That's fair. I'm just worried that a group that feeds off of being insulted will get stronger if they keep getting insulted.
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Insulted and assaulted, to clarify - the 140 character limit made that tweet lose a bit of its meaning.
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Shutting them down is what worked in the 30s, it's what worked in the 80s. It is uncomfortable and it is necessary.
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The knowledge that these people would kill my family if they were in power makes me pretty OK with seeing them get punched
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Dylann Roof
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Robert Dear, TImothy McVeigh, and Anders Brevik too.
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Omar Thornton's murders were disgusting and horrific.
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