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this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2025
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So you damaged property that didn't belong to you and you're mad that you almost got in trouble?
Just to be clear if you ran a peace and love shop would you be fine with someone pulling some rainbow flag merch off the shelves to stomp on it before leaving without paying?
If you only have an issue with it in my example situation then I fear you might just be a hypocrite.
They don't seem mad about almost getting in trouble, only about in-laws disagreeing with them, and of course the shop owner selling those hats.
What this person did was childish and immature. The in-laws were absolutely correct. OP is lucky they allowed them to pay for the damaged goods. Sounds like it was a small town situation. I've seen people arrested and given a record for the same behavior.
Counterpoint: punch Nazis in the face
A person capitalizing on current events to sell slop to idiots is not necessarily a nazi.
Without more information all that can be assumed is that they like people giving them money more than they care about optics with the public. Most shop keepers would prefer money over being viewed as "moral" by some random person.
What do you get when you sit down to dinner with ten Nazis?
Eleven Nazis.
Something something only siths deal in absolutes.
Nazi stuff is in no way comparable to rainbow flags. We all have a moral duty to fight Nazis and their collaborators.
I wasnt comparing rainbow stuff to nazi stuff. I was using a vaguely "opposite" thing to make my point about hypocrisy. Come on now.
I get your point although it does seem like you're comparing 1:1 ๐
That's because the whole notion that it's hypocritical is founded on the idea of equating those things, why are you backing down?
Destroying hateful shit isn't analogous to destroying egalitarian shit.
Guy is an "enlightened centrist" i.e. useful idiot at best and actual fascist at worst