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Yes... but the paradox of tolerance also exists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance Viewpoi

Yes... but the paradox of tolerance also exists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance Viewpoints that include the eradication of a specific race or peoples are largely incompatible with modern society. These people welcome the attention a "debate" provides because it elevates their platform. The best course of action would typically be ignoring them, but our current media platforms thrive on this controversy. There are also some people who pride themselves on being unsteerable, and incitement is the point (the numerous mass shooters in the US claiming to attempt a race war). I think the "punch a nazi" rhetoric mostly exists because of frustration of watching an uptick in white supremacy and the general feeling that an individual can't do anything about it.

jwestbury 3y ago
> The best course of action would typically be ignoring them, but our current media platforms thrive on this controversy. This isn't really solved by punching Nazis, though. It's just adding to the controversy.
- PaulHoule 3y ago
  The trouble with many people today is that they use labels like “Nazi” and “Fascist” quite indiscriminately; it would be one thing to apply them to the Jan 6 rioter, but it’s not unusual to see them applied to the police department, mainstream politicians who don’t incite violence, anyone the users disagree with, etc. If I ran a social network using any of those words would start a 24 hour cooling off period. (1) There are a lot of other words these people could use the same thing to describe post-1945 movements, and (2) even if you take away that word for pre-1945 movements the benefits of eliminating (1) are large enough to justify it.
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- micromacrofoot 3y ago
  It's mostly the venting of personal frustration. It's understandably difficult to share the same space with someone who quite vocally wants to eliminate you for a personal trait that you didn't get to choose.

jwestbury 3y ago

> The best course of action would typically be ignoring them, but our current media platforms thrive on this controversy. This isn't really solved by punching Nazis, though. It's just adding to the controversy.

PaulHoule 3y ago
The trouble with many people today is that they use labels like “Nazi” and “Fascist” quite indiscriminately; it would be one thing to apply them to the Jan 6 rioter, but it’s not unusual to see them applied to the police department, mainstream politicians who don’t incite violence, anyone the users disagree with, etc. If I ran a social network using any of those words would start a 24 hour cooling off period. (1) There are a lot of other words these people could use the same thing to describe post-1945 movements, and (2) even if you take away that word for pre-1945 movements the benefits of eliminating (1) are large enough to justify it.
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micromacrofoot 3y ago
It's mostly the venting of personal frustration. It's understandably difficult to share the same space with someone who quite vocally wants to eliminate you for a personal trait that you didn't get to choose.