His introduction:
By now, most people have seen or heard about the neo Nazi who was sucker punched on inauguration day while he was giving an interview. Usually, when movements indulge in violence like rioting or physical assault on individuals expressing different views, you’ll see people start to back off a bit and distance themselves from that kind of behavior, but in this case, it seems like most people really embraced and celebrated this action, so I thought it’d be worth talking about why it’s not OK to sucker punch a neo Nazi. Physical assault is a violation of another person’s human rights and that’s why it’s illegal. One of the fundamental characteristics of Fascism or national socialism or Nazism is the use of force to achieve conformity. Now, if you oppose fascism but you do so by violently oppressing someone else in the name of your opposition, then you’re guilty of the same thing that makes fascism wrong. In other words, you’re just as bad and should be as enthusiastically denounced. So, if you don’t mind becoming the thing you hate, then ya, go ahead and physically assault people in the name of refusing them their inherent human rights.
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