[EJTH]

> They won't politely tolerate you. Deviants will be chastised, expelled/expatriated, jailed, or killed. Ignoring prudence (preservation of self and the society at-large) is perilous.

Except I never really seen a 'neonazi' saying "punch a communist" I never seen mass media encourage such behavior either.

Do you not realize that this is cyclic reinforcement of behavior? (Antifa says punch nazis, nazis punch back, antifa ups their game with HIV needles and guns, nazis up their game etc)

Both sides are disgusting, but the fact that the media covers up for the leftist violence makes me stand on the side of the so called "right wing extremists".

[danenania]

Just calling yourself a Nazi or doing the chants or whatever carries with it an implicit provocation and threat of violence toward minority groups.

Responding with actual violence in turn is not the right approach, but when we see large armed mobs forming and declaring themselves pro-genocide, it's absurd to call the people protesting them the 'real problem'.

[lentil_soup]

why do you need to "take sides"? life is not binary. If you don't like antifa that's fine, but you don't then need to support nazis for that ...

[NoGravitas]

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. - Desmond Tutu

We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. - Elie Wiesel

[beaconstudios]

I'm not sure that argument holds water when it's 2 groups of violent political agitators going up against each other. The fundamental question is whether you think the communists in this situation are good guys, or if their ideology is just as harmful as that of Nazis. The body count would seem to indicate the latter even if it sounds better in theory.

[lentil_soup]

I agree completely. My comment was more about the logic (using your quotes as examples) that if you don't like the mouse then you HAVE to support the elephant. You're free to hate the mouse all you want for other reasons, and also call on the elephant for stepping on its tail. As I said, life is not binary.