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A_Good_Boy posted...

This didn't happen in 2016, it didn't happen in 2017, it's not happening in 2018, and it's never gonna happen in the future. Nobody is looking at nazis getting punched and thinking that ethnic cleansing is now an ok thing to do. Awareness is not the same as support. Just because people are doing more Google searches about white supremacists after they get punched doesn't mean that they're signing up for their ideology as well.

You're gonna have to give up this fiction that punching nazis only makes them more powerful.

human nature doesn't change overnight, and therefore the same principles apply

punching nazis doesn't earn them sympathizers but it certainly makes the nazis themselves more passionate about their own ideology and hateful towards detractors

there's also a compelling case that the silencing through force or censorship drives a streisand effect of a sort, which could net a few new supporters

assaulting the far right during public demonstrations only made them more eager and prepared for violence and even murderous acts during subsequent demonstrations

as much as it irks many people, the best way to defuse their ideological reach is to openly and comprehensively debate and critique points of their ideology (and thus invalidate, in the public consciousness, any fundamental rationale for the undesirable praxis these groups advocate)

at the same time, addressing any legitimate grievances they harbor may be worthwhile as well, because the movement hasn't just blown up for no reason

this all may require some uncomfortable soul searching with respect to certain aspects of the social and political zeitgeist

ideological fringes - far left or far right - tend to lure vulnerable minds into a sea of lies with a grain of truth
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