If an edge lord does Nazi shit (idc whether it's saying Sieg Heil, Swastika or some "modern" alt-right bs) they get punched.
1. There's no outside way to check whether this bs is sincere
2. However there's a simple way for them not promote that shit – stop it.
3. There's no necessity to show these signs, at all.
4. Even if they're "not actually Nazi", the effect doesn't change.
It's never "just a sign". The last years should've shown everyone who's not ignored the world outside of their computer terminal that Nazis aren't those uniform wearing brown pants anymore. They meme, they troll, they provoke – and use the same signs they use for that for signalling, coordination, and when preparing terror attacks.
Christchurch wasn't a brown pant, it was a guy with "weird fashion choices" and "just a troll" with "bad memes".
@ljrk Literally or metaphorically punching them will have a dampening effect on that behaviour either way. That's really the greater point of it.
@fishidwardrobe Jup, Nazi shit makes people unsafe.
Either direct psychological impact, but also making Nazis feel more safe, and before you notice the room is full of actual fashists.
@ljrk @fishidwardrobe
Failure mode:
With your kind of attitude, the probability that you'll notice the room is full of Nazis rapidly converges to 1,
IRRESPECTIVE OF whether or not there are actual fascists in the room.
Makes you look, and get treated, like a Witchfinder General.
Case in point:
When I met a random stranger at Los Angeles Airport in late 2019,
the following conversation ensued:
"You remind me of Hitler."
— "Very funny."
[well, a carefully chosen random stranger … ;-P ]
