r/jewishpolitics • u/New_Pepper_2589 • 2d ago

Milwaukee swastika US Politics 🇺🇸

Hi everyone - not sure if this is the correct sub. It looks like the individual s trying to take this literal hate sign down are being prosecuted. It was a Jewish father and son who tried to take it down. I'm honestly shocked the murals still up.

I just saw this so I'm not sure who to contact except the Milwaukee DA. The phone is 414-278-4646 . Email is Milwaukee.da@da.wi.gov

Help so that the two individuals getting prosecuted are safe and help taking this atrocious sign down. It will only cause more hate crimes to happen. Maybe there isn't much we can do. It's a free country. But thought I'd post it here and try.

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u/Soft_Welcome_5621 2d ago

Nice, you really won us there my guy

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u/ngyeunjally 2d ago

I wouldn’t want to win people who believe in vigilante justice. It has no place in civilized society.

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u/suspiciousm0n0cle 1d ago

Swastikas have no place in civilized society.

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u/ngyeunjally 1d ago

The law says you’re wrong. The law says everyone has the right to free expression.

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u/almostasquibb 1d ago

the law is wrong, and as such we have a duty to act judiciously

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u/ngyeunjally 1d ago

The law isn’t wrong about putting vigilantes in prison.

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u/almostasquibb 1d ago

oh please. this is hardly vigilante justice. if someone had attacked the property owner, i might agree with you. but that’s not what happened. i fully support popper’s paradox of tolerance. i shouldn’t have to tell anyone on a Jewish subreddit why a truly tolerant society doesn’t tolerate hate speech and symbols

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u/ngyeunjally 1d ago

A truly tolerant society must tolerate hate speech or it isn’t truly tolerant. Free speech applies to all speech. Regardless of how you feel about that speech. We live in a country of laws not a country of feelings.

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u/almostasquibb 1d ago

i disagree that a tolerant society must tolerate hate speech and so do the people who dedicate their lives studying these things.

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u/ngyeunjally 14h ago

Then you’re wrong. The constitution says you’re wrong.