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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
No, they don't. They're morons. Which is why you let them expose their idiocy for all to see and laugh at. Beating them up only makes people who hate Nazis but don't want people beaten up for saying unpopular things - which is actually a pretty hefty proportion of citizens - sympathize with them as victims.
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Literally nobody felt any sympathy for the Nazis in the 1940s who suffered far, far worse fates than merely getting beat up. Indeed, destroying Nazi Germany (and the Confederacy 80 years prior to that) at the cost of millions of lives and untold human suffering is regarded by damn near everyone as a very necessary sacrifice that was worth the cost. Why would any reasonable person be sympathetic to neo-Nazis now?
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And it only amps up the public will for government to clamp down and sort things out with the power of the state. Are you really sure you want that to happen - are you confident that a government which imposes severe restrictions on speech and public protest will be on your side?
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I am indeed quite confident that a government that imposed restrictions on Nazi/white supremacist hate speech would be on my side. What percentage of German citizens, do you reckon, are opposed to the anti-Nazi laws in that country because of muh freeze peach?