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[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

ICE has shown to be intolerant and to use excessive violent. So if you support ICE, you support intolerance and excessive violence.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago

Nothing more patriotic than punching a Nazi in the face.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

OOL here, what's the actual context of the photo?

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 11 points 8 hours ago

Kids were doing an anti-ICE protest at school. The kid recording had a "I support ICE" sign.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

AOT Annie punch, oh and the nazi sympathesizers come out of the woodwork on this thread defending him or saying its not ok.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Punching isn't usually the best first move, but the normal rules go out the window when you're dealing with fascists so I support him 100%. Punching is a very mild appropriate response in that context.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 16 hours ago

inglorius bastards then

[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 31 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Not only did he punch him, he hit him with the Magnum look too. Make fascists afraid again.

[–] sheetzoos@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought it stops being a paradox when you realize it's part of the social contract. Violate it too much and you're no longer guaranteed society's succor.

[–] NannerBanner@literature.cafe 7 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Ultimately, it's all a wash. The nazis we are punching would say their targets broke the social contract first. Tolerance should be an aspect of your morality, not the whole thing (and hopefully, that being said, your morality says punching nazis is okay).

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 16 hours ago

you are morally obligated to go beyond than just punching one.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago

Nope. The concept of the contract is that those who do not practice tolerance are not protected by it.

It's also worth exploring what intolerance is.

Thinking members of a religion/party/social group are wrong or crazy isn't being intolerant - that's simply disagreement. Intolerance is saying they shouldn't be allowed to exist or to have the same rights as you.

The fascists discriminate on religion, sexual orientaion/identity, gender, political affiliation, race, national origin, and more. They are wildly intolerant, and therefore do not have to be tolerated.

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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 108 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I keep thinking about how much this kid rules. He warns the other kid instead of suckering punching him, understands and accepts the consequences of his actions before he takes them, then acts without hesitation. Not only does he punch fascists, he does it with principles.

[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 1 points 33 minutes ago

I don't think he did understand the consequences of his actions. It's possible the police get involved here, for starters.

"You should punch Nazi's" is great and all, but when it's a kid that has their whole life ahead of them that's a different matter. This incident will probably do lifelong damage to basically every part of his life.

[–] Juice@midwest.social 39 points 1 day ago

The Filmer is trying to get some Charlie Kirk attention and launch his streaming career or some shit, instead no one knows who that fucking creep is, but we all know the face of who hit him.

The filmer looks like such a punk, tall, acting cool, doing the "I have a right to be a fascist, what are you gonna do about it" bit. the kid who threw the punch is about as unassuming as you can be, probably not super popular, kind of a big guy, when he speaks, there is a waver in his voice from not being the kind of guy who initiates violence that even comes off as sort of meek. He probably got made fun of by people like the Filmer.

But the Filmer captured this brief moment, not the face of a fascist getting punched, but of the righteous anger and imperative to defend the defenseless, coming for your fascist ass. Those who try to get along, who believe in kindness and humanity, unable to be civilized about smug incivility.

I'm making these details up, I dont know anything about these young people personally, but thats the message we received. Smug self interest advocating the destruction of lives, gleefulness in the face of incredible fascist violence; met with the rising tide of popular anger against this acute sickness at the heart of a sick society.

Humanity vs the inhumane, in one still image. A picture that says more than 1000 words, it speaks to a growing sentiment among many. We see him and we see ourselves, or who we think more people aught to be.

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[–] Godric@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

As much as people enjoyed Waltz' performance in the opening scene and how utterly cold and ruthless his facial expression was when he asked the Frenchman "You're hiding enemies of the state, aren't you", can we all just take a moment to appreciate how he also pulled off looking exactly like the pathetic and cowardly fascist he portrays in this very image?

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

That moment of realization after "After the war, what are you going to do with that uniform?" is perfection. Amazing actor

[–] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We need to normalize this. Fuck em.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

Fuck em til they're dead

(South park reference for context)

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 99 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it." -Mike Tyson

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

As much as a scumbag MT is, he does make a good point.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

I coulda went for the Conan (Barbarian, not O'Brien) quote, but felt Tyson was more salient. That said, may as well drop the Conan quote too.

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 day ago

He gave him fair warning, which was a fuck ton more than what ICE does.

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