Man walks around Seattle with swastika armband and gets punched to ground by passerby

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GagHalfrunt

Lifer
Apr 19, 2001
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I don't like violence but it's hard to feel sorry for a nazi.

So assault is okay as long as you don't like the person?

My bet is the Swastika guy is not even a Nazi supporter at all. He's probably just an attention whore looking for people to sue. In this country the Swastika is legal to own and display in public, it's protected by the Fifth Amendment. Every punch is ka-ching!!! $$$ And every punch can be reasonably prosecuted as a hate crime.
 

Paratus

Lifer
Jun 4, 2004
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Fucking Nazis haven't changed, nor will they ever. Their ideology is the ideology of monstrous violence, plain & simple. Better that the people suppress them with limited violence than to entertain the notion that what they really want or offer is "free speech".
I'm seeing an interesting parallel to the Trayvon Martin case. People keeping an eye on their area see a possibly "unsavory" individual, someone confronts him, and a fight ensues.

The only confusing part from a conservative perspective is that the guy who flattened the nazi didn't have a gun and the bad guy didn't end up shot. Without those obvious clues it can be difficult for conservatives to figure out who was the good guy in a nazi not nazi fight.

Although I'm sure the not nazi was merely standing his ground in self defense.

/s
 
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urvile

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Did anyone pull a gun and threaten to shoot the idiot with the swastika armband if he didn't take it off? I am genuinely curious. American culture fascinates me. Not as much as how you guys managed to elect as president a former reality TV star who once wrestled vince mcmahon though. I am sorry but that's never getting old.

 

JSt0rm

Lifer
Sep 5, 2000
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Did anyone pull a gun and threaten to shoot the idiot with the swastika armband if he didn't take it off? I am genuinely curious. American culture fascinates me. Not as much as how you guys managed to elect as president a former reality TV star who once wrestled vince mcmahon though. I am sorry but that's never getting old.




Americans are fucking stupid for the most part. We only became a world power because we were the only untouched major country after ww2. We are slowly regressing to the norm of a backwater, hyper religious, low edu, low iq place.
 

kage69

Lifer
Jul 17, 2003
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You mean in the war? Otherwise that just makes your grandfather a would-be lawless asshole. We give up the right to violence as part of the social contract. Under no circumstances other than self defense or defense of others (in most jdxs) is it justifiable. Regressives just don't have any principles.

False.

The anti-fascists yielded the streets to the nazis, and we saw how that played out. As I understand it the anti-fascist movement decided to never repeat the mistake. This is self-defense when you are talking about a movement with a track record like that, to many people. I file it in my Chris Rock folder: I don't condone it, but I can understand it.

It would seem the principle of learning from history so as to not repeat mistakes is a foreign concept among many on the right. If you're looking for regressives you need only look in the White House.
 
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JSt0rm

Lifer
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It would seem the principle of learning from history so as to not repeat mistakes is a foreign concept among many on the right. If you're looking for regressives you need only look in the White House.

They just dont want us to learn the lesson because they are nazi racists whose small lizard brains make them fear everyone who doesnt look like them.
 

justoh

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Jun 11, 2013
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False.

The anti-fascists yielded the streets to the nazis, and we saw how that played out. As I understand it the anti-fascist movement decided to never repeat the mistake. This is self-defense when you are talking about a movement with a track record like that, to many people. I file it in my Chris Rock folder: I don't condone it, but I can understand it.

It would seem the principle of learning from history so as to not repeat mistakes is a foreign concept among many on the right. If you're looking for regressives you need only look in the White House.

lol. Oh, he's a principled anti-fascist, an inglorious bastard, and a random guy wearing a swastika armband in 2017 is literally a national socialist from the late thirties.

You are condoning it. Why is moron after moron stating that (bolded). I'm talking about regressive support of violence on a message board, not "why did the guy do that." Since you brought it up (again). He probably did it because he wanted an excuse for violence. You're condoning it because you have no understanding of principle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defense
 
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HomerJS

Lifer
Feb 6, 2002
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I get it. You think since you voted for donald trump that you get to make threads supporting unlawful behavior. Doesn't work that way. We have laws for a reason.
I'm sane why would I ever vote for Trump? I do however get to point out carrying your morals is like carrying water with a colander.
 

justoh

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I'm sane why would I ever vote for Trump? I do however get to point out carrying your morals is like carrying water with a colander.
Why wouldn't you vote for someone who's just like you? Isn't that the point of a "representative democracy?" How are you lot any better than Trump?
 

bshole

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False.

The anti-fascists yielded the streets to the nazis, and we saw how that played out. As I understand it the anti-fascist movement decided to never repeat the mistake. This is self-defense when you are talking about a movement with a track record like that, to many people. I file it in my Chris Rock folder: I don't condone it, but I can understand it.

It would seem the principle of learning from history so as to not repeat mistakes is a foreign concept among many on the right. If you're looking for regressives you need only look in the White House.

I don't think they ceded anything. Bloody Sunday happened less than a year before Hitler took power. When Hitler did get power, he suppressed them. It would have been suicide for them to protest during his reign.



That being said, there has been a definite spike in hate related crime as of late.

Along with the rise in hate group membership since Trump’s election, there has been an increase in racially motivated attacks. The SPLC has recorded 1,863 bias incidents from the day after the 2016 election up to March 31, 2017. Of the 1,863 incidents, 292—or 15.67 percent—were anti-black motivated.

I would hope these people are being prosecuted vigorously. Political violence is by far the most dangerous type of violence in a free society, it is an assault on freedom.
 

HomerJS

Lifer
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Why wouldn't you vote for someone who's just like you? Isn't that the point of a "representative democracy?" How are you lot any better than Trump?

I want someone in that office better then me. That person should have a better understanding of foreign, domestic policy and a better sense of history. Trump does no better then the average blowhard bully.

Just for starters I would take someone who isn't a white supremacist supporter.
 

justoh

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I want someone in that office better then me. That person should have a better understanding of foreign, domestic policy and a better sense of history. Trump does no better then the average blowhard bully.

Just for starters I would take someone who isn't a white supremacist supporter.
Pretty good response (+1). -1 for not being able to spell a four letter preposition. What makes you think Trump supports white supremacists? What a kooky idea.
 

Ackmed

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Oct 1, 2003
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No matter how despicable this guy appears to be, violence is not the answer. Assault, is not ok because you don't agree with someone. The fact that this guy probably thinks one human is better than the other based solely on their ethnicity, is pathetic. I would have loved to confront him, and belittle him over his choice. Mocked him in public and walked away.

To assault him over it, crosses the line. Those who believe it is ok to assault someone over something like this, is part of the demise of our rights. There are plenty of offensive things people wear, and things that people say. Resorting to assault doesn't make you a good person, or in the right. Sadly, I am not really surprised that many people here think its ok, or who it is that think it. Or that this is even news.
 

thraashman

Lifer
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I used to think violence wasn't the answer, then I saw a Nazi get punched. It's the answer, and it's a funny and happy answer. Everyone should punch a Nazi if they get a chance. Especially the ones that hold Senate or House seats (the most prominent ones call themselves the Freedom Caucus).
 

HomerJS

Lifer
Feb 6, 2002
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Pretty good response (+1). -1 for not being able to spell a four letter preposition. What makes you think Trump supports white supremacists? What a kooky idea.
Because he hired one.

Yeah my spelling sucks but based on your standards Trump should be impeached just for his. I would fire him for not knowing Frederick Douglass is dead.

BTW - its Na-mib-ia not Nam-bia. What a dumbass.
 

justoh

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Because he hired one.

Yeah my spelling sucks but based on your standards Trump should be impeached just for his. I would fire him for not knowing Frederick Douglass is dead.

BTW - its Na-mib-ia not Nam-bia. What a dumbass.
Oh. You meant financial/job support.

It's cute how alike you and trump are.
 

kage69

Lifer
Jul 17, 2003
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lol. Oh, he's a principled anti-fascist, an inglorious bastard, and a random guy wearing a swastika armband in 2017 is literally a national socialist from the late thirties.

I'm sorry history and these basic concepts are difficult for you to comprehend. I do appreciate you illustrating my point about your kind though, the snarky condescension really brings it all together. lol indeed.

You are condoning it.

You don't get to speak for me fuckface. Tend to your own mouth. If I say I don't condone (punching someone who isn't attacking you), your disbelief doesn't change anything. Don't like it, go snowflake about butthurt nazis elsewhere.

Why is moron after moron stating that (bolded). I'm talking about regressive support of violence on a message board, not "why did the guy do that." Since you brought it up (again). He probably did it because he wanted an excuse for violence. You're condoning it because you have no understanding of principle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defense

The irony here is just astounding. Off with you snowflake, and thanks for showing me I can ignore your posts from here on out.
 

snoopy7548

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Jan 1, 2005
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I'm torn on this, but all of those "defending" the Nazi... if somebody was walking around in ISIS garb and shouting jihad and death to Americans at everybody, would you think it's OK to punch him or would you defend his rights to free speech?
 
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