How trolls like Milo Yiannopoulos monetize your hate, and what to do about it

Yaknow, I pride myself on being a nonviolent sort of person, but committing to a cause means drawing a border around your values as well. These are by-and-large great suggestions, but I need to remind everyone that despite all jocular attempts, Tomi Lahren and Richard Spencer are doing better than ever. I’m sorry, but punching Nazis are getting more and more attractive by the day.

We all know that the violence isn’t incited by people like us. We also know that if these cretins weren’t a danger to civil society, we’d all be happy to Gomer Pyle them until they all come out of their dark little closets. But for the sake of our nation, we have to make their “free” speech more and more expensive for them. We need to respond to provocateurs in kind. We need to make these people pay out the nose for their security. A few more bloody lips isn’t going to swell their ranks–it’s going to offer us a moment’s respite from their vitriol

All I’m saying is there’s room for satire and retaliation. So for your children’s sake, please punch a Nazi.

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