{"id":10748,"date":"2017-08-17T12:51:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T16:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/?p=10748"},"modified":"2017-08-17T07:52:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T11:52:55","slug":"this-is-how-you-fight-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2017\/08\/this-is-how-you-fight-evil.html","title":{"rendered":"This is how you fight evil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Words can\u2019t express how much I love this man. \u00a0And he\u2019s not a bad sousaphone player at that!<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is how you fight evil. \u00a0You don\u2019t repay evil with evil. \u00a0You don\u2019t condone hate of the right people. \u00a0You don\u2019t look askance at violence and destruction but remain silent when it\u2019s convenient. \u00a0This isn\u2019t to say Nazis are a joke or white supremacy should be laughed at. \u00a0No. \u00a0 And yet, how disarming to show them for the buffoons they are for embracing such a wicked and vile ideology. \u00a0In short, you take the high road. \u00a0You don\u2019t haggle over which low road will be the most efficient.<\/p>\n<p>HT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simchafisher.com\/2017\/08\/14\/is-silence-consent-virtue-vs-virtue-signalling\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Simcha Fisher<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words can\u2019t express how much I love this man. \u00a0And he\u2019s not a bad sousaphone player at that! 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