@pun-demon And I completely support your right to defend yourself against anyone who attacks you. My biggest problem with these people is that they claim to be “fighting violence with violence” when the only once inciting any violence is them. Sure there are a lot of people out there with very bigoted views, but that does not automatically make said-person violent in nature. In many cases they’re completely harmless despite their views. (Or do people really think JonTron’s gonna personally drive to their homes and paint swastikas all over them?)
One person brought up how Richard Spencer is an “Actual Nazi™”, implying that violence against him was justified. I haven’t looked enough into his history to know how legitimate that is, but from what I’ve seen he could very well be a white supremacist, or he could be a very convincing troll. Whatever the case, I still don’t think the attack on him was justified (especially since he was saying nothing to provoke the attack and was talking about his pin of goddamn Pepe the Frog).
But even more so, at what point does the violence stop? Where is the line drawn? People apparently haven’t ruled out beating up minors (not for being a nazi, but just for supporting Trump). Does it end with punching, or are we gonna see more cases of people being kidnapped and tortured for their political views?
People can hate Nazis or Trump or Spencer or Milo as much as they like, but to promote violence against them or their supporters does nothing but enable people to attack anyone for anything they deem even remotely problematic. I’m not even conservative in the slightest, yet since the election I’ve contemplated arming myself out of fear of being targeted for my unconventional views. I had hoped this fear would die down over time but it only seems to have gotten worse, and I’m starting to wonder if it’s better just to keep quiet just to keep myself safe.
