Today is a good day to remember the time I told my Jewish grandmother, who had been an officer in the Red Army all through WWII, about the debate over punching Nazis.
"This is trick question," she said, narrowing her eyes. "When you are done punching, Nazi is still alive, yes?"
@evacide Yes, that's one boundary condition. Corpses attract unwelcome law-enforcement attention. The point is made here:
“Don’t worry,” Lansky reportedly said. “We’ll marinate em, we won’t ice em.”
Quite the quote.
And marinate them they did.
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There was a similar group in Britain.
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2019/01/remembering-the-43-group
Also back then, the usual suspects were condemning the 'violence':
"... provoked an angry response from Louis Hydelman, who sat on the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Accusing the young commandos of acting ‘counterproductively’, Hydelman ordered the Group to disband."
As for me, colour me philosophical. As long as the Nazis live to tell the tale it's more like an 'enhanced debating technique'...
"Their struggle should be remembered."
I live in a western suburb of Philadelphia with a sizable Jewish community. There are several others among the city suburbs in both NJ and PA.
I very much fear we will be targets of deadly violence as happened at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Our synagogues and community centers all have private security now, armed at on at least major holidays. This will have to be increased ...
I think and always armed.
The hate unleashed in 2016 was bad. This time will be worse. The baseline is higher and the Nazis were not just ignored by the GOP this time around, but accepted into their ranks.
Yes, we definitely must remember the Newark Minutemen, the 43 Group and the others.
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