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One of the Asian characters in Ready Player One died too. Can’t remember if it was Daiko or Shoto but they pretend to be brothers online until they became as close as real siblings and then one of them was killed in real life by the villainous corporation trying to take over the game. Anyway they were secondary characters so the death of one of them was definitely fridging. They should have had bigger roles.

Aww that’s too bad 😦 I’m tired of dead Asians on screen.

I find that I’m less attracted sexually to people I’m romantically attracted to. Is this normal? I’m not sex repulsed (although as a virgin I can’t be completely certain how I feel about sex, but I’m not as excited for actual intercourse as the rest of the relationship.)

It’s not usual, certainly, but I don’t have the expertise to tell if it’s normal or not. It may be that you’re asexual and this shows itself more clearly with people you’re romantically attracted to, since culturally and psychologically sex is a more immediate prospect with them than the general population of the gender or genders you’re attracted to. Or maybe romantic attraction and sexual attraction really are inversely related for you. If it becomes a problem in a relationship you should talk it over with your partner, and maybe get couples counseling if you’re in it for the long haul–although therapy in general and couples counseling in particular can be a landmine for aces, so be sure to research the therapist first.

Obviously, if you encounter a gang of Nazis, punch the heck out of them and run. But punching a Nazi who hasn’t attacked anyone physically makes them look sympathetic. With all the Nazi-backed politicians in the government, we can’t afford that. But again, if you’re immediately threatened by Nazis, or you see someone else being threatened, you deck those suckers if you can. Shoot them even. They deserve it. But make sure you can make a good case for self defense if you get sued.

Nazis are threatening by the beliefs they espouse and the actions they advocate. Their gaining power is a threat. Their gaining a platform is a threat. Tolerance for those who call for genocide is intolerance against the people they threaten.

I don’t believe in being physically violent to Nazis unless under immediate physical threat from them, but I would never listen, politely or otherwise, to one. And I always report Nazis and alt-right trolls whenever I encounter one. Physically attacking Nazis helps their cause and paints their opponents as the violent ones, giving fascist lawmakers an excuse to crack down on Nazis’ enemies rather than Nazis themselves. That’s what the original Nazis did when they faced opposition.

I appreciate that you don’t listen to Nazis. They don’t deserve a platform, or debate. That said, I do believe in physical violence against Nazis–to break up their rallies which are direct threats to marginalized communities, to publicly expose their leaders as weak laughingstocks, and, if it comes to that, to destroy their organizations and remove their leadership.

Historically speaking, fascists have used violence against fascists to justify fascism. When people spoke out against Hitler supporters, the Nazis complained about lawlessness and Hitler became “tougher on violence” (which was code for “going full totalitarian.”) So I would say don’t punch Nazis, not because of ethical concerns, but because it only helps their cause in a very real way.

The thing is, fascists don’t need real violence to back up claims of lawlessness. They just make shit up. Crime rates have been falling for years in the U.S. and immigrants are responsible for crimes at a lower rate, but politicians just make up stats about the U.S. being a hellhole of crime and immigrants being violent “animals,” and their followers will eat it up because it’s what they want to hear. Under these circumstances there’s no point in antifascists tying their own hands behind their backs in the hopes of appeasing the enemy–it won’t work.

I mean, Charlottesville basically happened when a bunch of Nazis came together and Antifa showed up to punch them in the face, and people died. I feel like both sides deserve a good punch in the face, really, but that kind of thinking started it in the first place. Political violence isn’t just terrorist bombings. It’s any violent politically motivated attack, and punching is violence. Of course we can’t make peace with Nazis, that’s stupid, but instigating violence solves nothing.

Antifa who punched Nazis are just as much to blame as Nazis who incited antisemitic and racist hatred and actually killed a woman? But you know, both sides, I guess.

Idk I think violence solves some problems. Richard Spencer was made a laughingstock on national television when he was punched in the face and otherwise threatened, and white nationalists recruiting efforts were much stymied as a result. Nazi ideology is inherently violent, so punching back–including literally–is not instigation. It is a response.

White liberals were against punching Nazis? I thought that was conservatives. I seem to remember white liberals being ready to punch anyone who looked even remotely like a racist. I’m conservative and I was even more conservative back then, so I can definitely say conservatives were concerned about the disappearance of civil discourse– and being misidentified as Nazis themselves, because there are people who think anyone who disagrees with them is a Nazi. Am I wrong? Did white liberals do this?

I think white liberals in that sense are more mainstream and centrist liberals as opposed to leftists, who are likelier to punch Nazis.