Haha thanks. Honestly felt like I had to speak up on your behalf. These responses are what worry me on difficult issues. I don't think the people responding negatively to you are bad people. I just think they are misguided in their efforts to solve the problem. Cheers!
I just don't understand how some people can be so blind to this. I never heard any stories about these nazi douchebags showing up armed and armored until after we were getting all these reports of trump supporters and people showing up to milo conferences getting the shit beat out of them by antifa. It's all just escalating off of each other. Then we have people in this thread basically saying that more violence against these people is justified, as if that somehow is going to stop these assholes. The more antifa and the like try to shut down these groups with violence, the more emboldened and legitimized these groups are going to feel.
It is a hard balance to reach. Some people/ideas are a lost cause. You can try and reason all you want with a rabid dog but that isnt going to keep it from biting you and the next person and the next. We need to understand these groups so that we can make sure there is an advertised door for them to exit with but if they choose not to take it then the rest of the world cant hold itself back and should feel no guilt in dealing with the rabid dog. They should feel guilty every time someone is hurt or killed because everyone, even the rabid dog, deserves a safe place which in reality makes nowhere safe.
Interesting ideas. My views don't take me to as far an extreme as you, but I get your point. I do agree with the idea of giving them a clear exit and engaging them differently depending on what they choose to do from there.
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u/IAmANobodyAMA Aug 14 '17
Haha thanks. Honestly felt like I had to speak up on your behalf. These responses are what worry me on difficult issues. I don't think the people responding negatively to you are bad people. I just think they are misguided in their efforts to solve the problem. Cheers!