Almost 15 yrs ago in my less responsibility burdened younger days, this white supremacist was talking shit to to literally everyone on the bus (in San Francisco). Slurs at Asians, gays, elderly, black kid. I was next to him and the only “hetero white guy” (and young enough to “deal with him”). I stood over him, leaned in his face and told him to “get the fuck up and get off the bus” - he was flabbergasted! “but! You’re Irish no? One of us!! I thought you were a good one!” (If anyone cares, I eventually got him off the bus after shouting and getting physical. Nerdy tech sales guy had to literally wrestle this big ass Nazi off the bus. As I kicked him in the chest down the back stairwell and out the door I enjoyed screaming “you’re fucking dead. Your ideology is fucking dead and you keep it up, I’ll find you and you will be too” and no, nobody clapped, a couple of old Chinese ladies nodded at me, and I went to a sales call covered in sweat. Mundane Justice. And before the nothingeverhappens and iamverybadass police show up, yes, sorry, these things do happen, and sometimes to people on Lemmy AND you can finish a fight but not start it without being a violent psycho… I’ve also had an hours long conversation with a dude 3x my size w swastika tattoo and kinda deprogrammed him… I’m aware violence isn’t the only way.)
Almost 15 yrs ago in my less responsibility burdened younger days, this white supremacist was talking shit to to literally everyone on the bus (in San Francisco). Slurs at Asians, gays, elderly, black kid. I was next to him and the only “hetero white guy” (and young enough to “deal with him”). I stood over him, leaned in his face and told him to “get the fuck up and get off the bus” - he was flabbergasted! “but! You’re Irish no? One of us!! I thought you were a good one!” (If anyone cares, I eventually got him off the bus after shouting and getting physical. Nerdy tech sales guy had to literally wrestle this big ass Nazi off the bus. As I kicked him in the chest down the back stairwell and out the door I enjoyed screaming “you’re fucking dead. Your ideology is fucking dead and you keep it up, I’ll find you and you will be too” and no, nobody clapped, a couple of old Chinese ladies nodded at me, and I went to a sales call covered in sweat. Mundane Justice. And before the nothingeverhappens and iamverybadass police show up, yes, sorry, these things do happen, and sometimes to people on Lemmy AND you can finish a fight but not start it without being a violent psycho… I’ve also had an hours long conversation with a dude 3x my size w swastika tattoo and kinda deprogrammed him… I’m aware violence isn’t the only way.)
Cool story bro.