SWEET JESUS, POOH!

Seems like a good spot for this:

Nonviolence works the same way: if you're engaging with someone / some group who isn't violent, there's an expectation that you'll also remain nonviolent. If they pull a gun on you and you happen to be packing (and a quick shot) and shoot em dead, that does NOT bring you down to their level.

But, I love bashing the fash.

The sad thing is, this argument originates from fascists, they just managed to gaslight a whole generation of people that "hypocrisy" is the worst thing to ever happen to humanity, and people should hold the moral high ground to a stawman version of their ideology.

Fascism is intolerable and should be resisted by any and ALL means. No ifs, ands, or buts.

A fascist's best friend is a placating liberal

There's a name for this I just can't remember what it is.

It's all about following the social contract. If you break the social contract you are no longer protected by the social contract.

So if you walk around advocating for the harm of others, you've violated the contract and your rights are forfeit.

Obviously there's nuance but the point is there.

Imagine not wanting to kill neo-nazis but be fine with Isreali war crimes, involving the genocide of many innocent lives

Funny, I guess both my grandfathers were fascists when they kicked Nazis in the teeth.

Call me the last fascist in hell then. Y'all can string me up for my crimes when we've eliminated all the threats. Keep your hands clean and I'll shut the door behind me.

At what point do our moral obligations directly conflict with the Rule of Law?

When does the need for doing The Right Thing™️ override the need for doing it The Right Way™️?

Before you answer just know that I know that I don’t know that I’ll ever know the full and complete answer to that question

Well, shit.

If your idea of "resisting fascism" is to remove democratically elected leaders and installing your own leaders then not only are you the fascist but you're the only real fascist in that analogy. That's what fascism means, it's authoritarianism, the opposite of democracy or anarchy respectively.

That's conservative ideology. Liberal only means not conservative. Stop trying to pretend that liberal means centrist. There's already a word for that. It's centrist.