Lady, EVOLVED 
nazis: *walking up to “nazi haters incorporated”; volunteering for the firing line*
random white bystander: oh no! that “nazi haters incorporated” sure is going on a crusade! look at all the nazis they’ve taken out! what if they come after me next?! 😳
if you don’t roll up to “nazi haters incorporated” looking like a nazi i think you’ll probably be fine there, dude
i jest but this is social media where there are no consequences to anything, and having large numbers of people routinely fucking around and finding out is an extremely viable strategy for garnering sympathy.
the things you gotta learn are :—
• antiracists on fedi aren’t invading social circles, breaking down doors, flipping over tables, rifling thru drawers. they’re standing in one place and that place is usually pretty clearly labelled. racists go and come to them.
• the REASON racists go and come to them is to manipulate you and garner your sympathy, or as a kind of perverse show of solidarity within their own ranks. they are doing this willingly and voluntarily, fully expectant of the consequences, because they have decided that the consequences (getting blocked and reported by an antiracist) do not matter to them.
and yo, stop giving them the time of day. stop being a pawn in their boring, self-aggrandizing game of chess. you see a racist get taken out? you say “well, i guess they got what they asked for” and move on. you don’t give it any more seconds of your thought than that. savvy?
