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[-] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 85 points 3 months ago

Sorry, that means you're just as bad as the fash. You should be engaging them on the marketplace of ideas, just like people did in WW II when they stopped the fascists with kindness and debate

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Does anyone actually advocate for this?

[-] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago
[-] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 3 months ago

All of mainstream media? Where have you been?

Once, someone threw a milk shake. The NYT was wringing hands for weeks.

[-] dactylotheca@suppo.fi 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I mean of course I was being hyperbolic but I've had several people tell me something equivalent to pretty much like this. "Using violence against fascists is stooping to their level" is another classic.

edit: aaaaaand here we go, there is now at least one person in these comments saying exactly this

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

There's been a push for decades that everyone should be respectful and peaceful and not bother anyone when they protest in any way. The entire country forgetting how we've accomplished almost every major societal change.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago
[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Does anyone actually advocate for this?

You mean... apart from about nine out of every ten liberals?

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