The inside-the-law approach that works to some limited extent is public community rejection. Things like large groups showing up and standing with their back to the Nazis.

The method that has historically stopped Nazis like this involves getting some level of police cooperation and beating them up

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In Germany we (meaning other people, not me) usually organize counter-demonstrations.

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We did that here. The media called us AntiFa and the cops tear gassed us and assaulted people with mobility aides. Then we started getting arrested and people who escaped were followed home by the Nazis. Knowing what happened I still would have gone, but I would have prepared better

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All protests should be armed protests.

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Isn’t it very illegal to be one in Germany? Shouldn’t the police be arresting them?

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There are certain symbols (like the Swastika) that are illegal, but just believing you are a superior race isn’t against the law.

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When I hear nazis I just assume they are doing the salute and are using the symbols.

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We used to shoot them when your country was them.

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Do what punks did to keep them out of the punk scene. Make them feel afraid to show up. You do this by beating the shit out of every single one of them every time they show up or open their mouths.

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Shoot most of them and recruit the rest to NASA. Oh wait…

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Don’t be absurd. They needed people to run West Germany too.

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Is Nazism protected speech?

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From the government. Not from the rest of us.

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It actively exploits the values of democracy to destroy it.

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Yes, unless there’s an immediate call for lawless action (like starting a riot).

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Story about the Jewish lawyer who helped the nazis get the right to march:

https://www.newsweek.com/story-jewish-lawyer-who-defended-free-speech-rights-nazis-1771393

Personally, I think it was a mistake but I’m Australian and happy not to have American freedom of speech.

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Thanks for showing me this story.

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