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British Charlie Kirk wannabe beaten up debating people in Manchester (metro.co.uk)

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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As a crowd gathered behind him, he said: ‘All of you who throw water are cowards. You don’t actually want to fight for what you believe in.’

One responded: ‘I’ll fight you, b****’, before telling Moffitt to get a job. He said he had one, but was fired from McDonald’s for his political views.

That was when he was kicked to the floor before his phone was smashed and his camera and banner were stolen.

Footage posted on social media shows the group continued to attack him as he tried to retrieve his belongings and ends up in the foetal position to protect himself.

His phone was smashed and some of his equipment was stolen in the assault

Eventually, a Black man he had been debating with steps in to protect him.

I generally don't condone violence, and I would have preferred it if the crowd had simply ignored this tosser to deny him the platform he craves, but the details of this story make it too fucking funny.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah, these people, MAGAs, for lack of a better term, are the last acceptable targets for bullies. They would gladly do far worse to those they hate than just the beating he took. They would happily kill billions across the planet.

So fuck with them relentlessly, and if they get clobbered for it, don't offer them any empathy at all. They don't give it, they don't get it. This is the system THEY choose, so make them live in it.

[–] TheparishofChigwell@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I stand by this. Collective action means swift and sudden intervention by means of violence when all other avenues have been walked already. Not because I condone violence, not at all do I like people hurting themselves and others. It's because they condone violence, that I'm such cases the best defense is a good offense.

You can't talk your baby out of a wolves mouth

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I fully understand you on that. As a society, we SHOULD, be better than that. At the same time we are forced to operate at the level of the lowest common denominator. The reason truthfulness and honor matter to us, is that we know where it goes when it fails. When our opponents both abandon those, and have too much sway to be ignored, we must operate on their level.

We shouldn't take too much enjoyment from it, but it needs to be done. The British veneer of civility has always been that, a veneer. It's a mutual agreement to keep things from getting nasty. The hard right has very much broken that agreement already. They need to be reminded why the agreement has held for so long.

[–] dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

"Chat shit, get banged" as Mr Vardy would say