Article details how reporter – pre-armed with relevant facts and cameras – confronts neoNazis in Tennessee. | Excerpts:

Members of the Goyim Defense League harassed people in the heart of Nashville’s entertainment district, berating a lesbian mom who had just left a restaurant.

Later, the neo-Nazis assaulted a bartender who had confronted the group.


“I’m curious: Why Nashville? Why did you guys choose Nashville?” I asked Minadeo.

A fellow GDL member, Nicholas Bysheim, quickly answered.

“It’s the only place that respects freedom of speech,” Bysheim said.

Minadeo added, “Yeah, this city respects freedom of speech, but communist Jews like yourself don’t.”

A Californian who moved to Florida, Minadeo leads the hate group as it goes around the country trying to create scenes that they hope will bring them attention and followers.

One of their favorite tropes: Falsely accusing Jews of being pedophiles.


Over and over, it became clear that these are people who are blind to any facts that don’t support their hate.

These are really pathetic human beings.

They are the only ones who seem not to know it.

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    This journalist just gave us a masterclass in everything you shouldn’t do when interacting with nazis: appeals to logic, appeals to emotion, bringing up facts and logic, and ultimately platforming them. This is the kind of liberalism that promotes fascism. There is no excuse to give fascists time on TV and to platform them. There is no “debating” fascists. There is only violence.

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    Imagine being so wrapped up in your hateful bullshit that you are terrifying young children on the street and you still think you are the good guy.

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      No, no, grown men making little girls cry is just normal and an essential part of free speech.

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      That’s exactly what I thought of. Alas, permanently gone dark in protest of Reddit’s API changes. Fortunately, we have the power to create it anew! [email protected]

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      And cameras. Don’t forget to record what they are doing. I feel like this sort of interaction could go really wrong if there isn’t a video record.

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    “When I hear ‘culture,’ I reach for my gun” is a favorite quote of Nazis.

    Their take is always whoever shoots first wins.

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    The Nazies sure stopped trying to have a conversation when the reporter asked if the known pedophile in their group wasn’t hiding behind one of the hoods/masks.

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    Fantastic article. Gets right to the heart of the problem. Angry people disappointed with how their lives turned out feel like they have to cling to something. Something that gives them the value that they don’t see in themselves as individuals.

    Race is an easy crutch. There are centuries of bullshit pseudoscience about skull shapes and whatnot for them to discover. And most of all, it gives them enemies. They can take all that hate and frustration they feel in their own lives and direct it outwardly.

    It’s ultimately sad and pathetic. Maybe if people like this had economic opportunities, better education, etc. they wouldn’t have the underlying self-loathing that leads them down this path.

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      Insulting to small-chinned comrades. Just because they’re nazis doesn’t mean body shaming is okay.

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        Just because they’re Nazi’s means almost anything is okay. Body shame them away. They’re not going to give you or me the basics of human respect so why should I? Almost every Nazi I’ve met is a fat, ugly, neck beard who would rather force everyone to change around them than to change themselves. See how easy that was?

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          You can body shame fascists until the cows come home. Still won’t do jack shit. The only winning strategy is violence.

          Would you call a fascist the R word? How about the N word? If you found a fascist in a wheelchair, would you start talking up low blows? Leftist ought to see no utility in body shaming, we are above that. It doesn’t work anyway.

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            If they’re a fascist and what I’m saying is getting under their skin, yeah I’ll call them all that. With apologies to the groups that I disparage.

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        Preacher by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Specifically #46, reprinted in the collection “Preacher: Salvation”.

        Really, all of Preacher though is just solid gold. Shame the TV show didn’t do it justice.

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    I’m new to lemmy. Am I allowed to suggest killing all of these doods? If not, can I at least put castration on the table?