Exactly. Dehumanise a certain category of people, so it’s easier to hate, punch and kill. It’s better to educate these people and to make them understand that they’re going the wrong path. Violence leads to radicalisation. It’s funny how nazis used this same mentality against other people. Well, not funny, just sad.

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uhh… we're not dehumanising nazis, we're merely acknowledging the fact that as long as they can air their views unchallenged they're an existential threat to marginalised communities and they must be dealt with with extreme prejudice. That doesn't make them not human.

[–] SamB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The chanting punch a nazi and discard everything about their persona doesn’t sound very humanising. But regardless of that I am not young anymore and have seen some things. I have seen people that complain about eugenics, but wish the worst to autistic people. I have seen people chanting punch a nazi and then going ahead to vote for the most vile right wing party. I have seen people chanting for inclusion and then hating that a foreigner moved into their neighbourhood. All of this to me is just hollow virtue signaling.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Punch them until they stop calling for genocide.