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Cumol  ·  1875 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I didn't punch a Nazi, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.

I also want to punch the right winger shouting "death to the Arabs" at football game.

I also want to punch the security people at the airport for "randomly" checking me (100% of the time), humiliating me, making me feel like second class.

But I am an Arab in a Jewish country. I am second class, now even by (law) [https://www.vox.com/world/2018/7/31/17623978/israel-jewish-nation-state-law-bill-explained-apartheid-netanyahu-democracy].

I will get every punch back tenfolds. The only way for me to punch back is by living, continuing my path, succeeding. My mere existence is a punch to them, and that is good like that.

Can you afford punching a nazi? Do it. Can you do it in a way you minimize damage to yourself? Even better.