The question is simply how is tough is your keyboard bravery? People talk tough on the internet about causing a stir about so-so topic or acting in violent manner towards a group but only come out of the basement to microwave a hot pocket. I don’t condone violence but I’m not a big talker either so find a new way to vent. – PB/TK
The American Left Is Living in a Nazi Fever Dream – by William Hicks February 3, 2017 2:56pm
Nazis, Nazis, Nazis! All liberals, progressives, anti-fascists and even some conservatives can talk about right now are Nazis. Is it okay to punch Nazis? Should we let them speak? Should we even kill them like those badass people in those badass movies we watch?
All this talk of violence against Nazis has brought out the worst type of person on the web, the Internet tough guy.
These types fill comment sections on articles about child molesters and rapists. They write long replies claiming they would enact the most otherworldly pain on these perpetrators if only they could get their hands on them. They vent their anger at universal villains from behind a keyboard without any responsibility to prove their talk with action.
This same cyber tough guy attitude is on full display surrounding the vague threat of American Nazis. Some on the left, who years before were chiding people for celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden, have pulled a 180, pounding their chest in performative toughness.
Nazis must be punched, they say, but how many of them are willing to take to the felony battery charge to prove that point?
Continue to heatst.com article: http://heatst.com/culture-wars/the-american-left-is-living-in-a-nazi-fever-dream/
