• Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    I see lots of people on the left type “punch a Nazi” online but then never learn to throw a punch or lift any weights and shit on self defense culture like martial artists or even gun ownership. Punching people is not something you just do. Especially to people with Nazi mentality who probably gone their whole lives feeling anti social and waiting for a leftist to engage them.

    Not saying this to discourage but to say go learn to punch Nazis and embrace being a fucking Nazi punching bear of a person

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      27 days ago

      I’ve only not punched a Nazi because I don’t live in America and they’re usually around the very southern part of the country while I live in the northeast. Plus, being a Nazi here is illegal.

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    27 days ago

    I think the following is a better idea:

    Be better than them, help people negatively affected by them, vote, try to be less cynical and more rational, instead of continuing the cycle of hatred. It is better for your own mental health and the lives of others.

    I am just as susceptible to anger as anyone else and by no means above it, just to make that clear. You don’t need to and can’t become a saint.

    I know people don’t want to hear this, because humans are wired to be extremely responsive to hate (just look at twitter) and I don’t mean to be preachy, but this would be a much greater net positive for humanity.