Bartender Kicked A Nazi Out Of His Bar And Explained Why It Is Essential To Do So

It doesn't matter how polite someone is if their ultimate goal is violence.

Rachel

Published in Interesting
July 15, 2020

Bartender Kicked A Nazi Out Of His Bar And Explained Why It Is Essential To Do So

On the list of “Things You Hope Society Would Have Gotten Rid of By Now”, Nazis are high on that list. The Second World War ended decades and decades ago, although unfortunately the Nazi ideology has not—and has instead evolved with the times.

This sucks, obviously. Additionally, one of the major things that modern day Nazis, and other people on the far-right are huge proponents of, is free speech.

Now, in most democratic countries, people do have a right to free speech. However, they should not be given a platform to perform hate speech.

This simple story shows why it is essential to shut down Nazis, before they even have the chance to get settled in and complain about free speech.

Recently, a thread was posted on Twitter explaining the story

Under an (excellent) thread by @birdpoems on Twitter about how the alt-right is able to weaponise free speech ideals, @iamragesparkle posted a story of his own.

I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out."
— iamragesparkle (@IamRageSparkle) July 8, 2020

People who say "I'm a paying customer" are never good news...

And the dude next to me says, "hey i'm not doing anything, i'm a paying customer." and the bartender reaches under the counter for a bat or something and says, "out. now." and the dude leaves, kind of yelling. And he was dressed in a punk uniform, I noticed
— iamragesparkle (@IamRageSparkle) July 8, 2020

Turns out... it was a Nazi.

Anyway, I asked what that was about and the bartender was like, "you didn't see his vest but it was all nazi shit. Iron crosses and stuff. You get to recognize them."

And i was like, ohok and he continues.
— iamragesparkle (@IamRageSparkle) July 8, 2020

The bartender continued to explain his rationale for kicking out a seemingly polite customer...

"you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and it's always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you don't want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too.
— iamragesparkle (@IamRageSparkle) July 8, 2020

If you allow one, all of a sudden there's an infestation.

And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now. And it's too late because they're entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down.
— iamragesparkle (@IamRageSparkle) July 8, 2020

They claim they deserve "free speech" but really they just want hate and violence.

And i was like, 'oh damn.' and he said "yeah, you have to ignore their reasonable arguments because their end goal is to be terrible, awful people."

And then he went back to ignoring me. But I haven't forgotten that at all.
— iamragesparkle (@IamRageSparkle) July 8, 2020

People loved the thread

That is a top shelf bartender
— Ronnie *waiting for a REAL apocalypse* B (@alt_horizon) July 8, 2020

Apparently, it is a common story among bartenders.

Every bartender I know has told me this exact same story.

Kick them out immediately. Show outright hostility. MAKE THEM UNWELCOME. Fight them in the lot if you have to.

And always remember they're Nazis by choice.
— Matt Out Of Hell (@Casarino) July 9, 2020

And the same for tattoo parlours.

Let one in innocently, and all of a sudden they're all in.

my tattoo artist had a similar explanation...do one questionable tattoo, six months later you're a Nazi shop and the non-Nazis disappear.
— Space Witches, Esq. (@popelizbet) July 8, 2020

Free speech does NOT mean hate speech.

I hear stories like these sometimes, handed down as apocrypha to modern punks by the old guard, and they are always deeply valuable.

That barkeep had it 100% right: It does not matter what they say or how it's said, because their end-goal is *always* violence and discrimination.
— ImASockMuppet (@Mor_Sock_Puppet) July 9, 2020

Always remember: silence is violence.

this is a good example of what people mean when they say "silence is violence." silence allows things to happen, either out of ignorance or malice, but at a point there's no difference. glad to know people still have sense
— Necho / Jesse (@nechojak) July 10, 2020

Bartender Kicked A Nazi Out Of His Bar And Explained Why It Is Essential To Do So

Rachel

Recently, a thread was posted on Twitter explaining the story

People who say "I'm a paying customer" are never good news...

Turns out... it was a Nazi.

The bartender continued to explain his rationale for kicking out a seemingly polite customer...

If you allow one, all of a sudden there's an infestation.

People loved the thread

Apparently, it is a common story among bartenders.

And the same for tattoo parlours.

Free speech does NOT mean hate speech.

Always remember: silence is violence.

Rachel

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