@nihilist im probably being a bit overly belligerent about this, especially since i have no real stake in this discussion outside of my own opinions, but the reason i brought up appeasement was because that is the name given to the german policies of a few pre-war allied powers, those policies effectively being 'non-confrontation'. i mean technically those pre war governments 'gave' things to the nazi government, like the sudetenland. but of course they werent really in a position to 'give' czech controlled land to the nazis, it was effectively just a case of saying 'we are not going to confront you if you do this'. im probably pushing the ww2 analogies 2 far.
but given how hard the right push for being protected and allowed to speak, well then saying thats what we 'should' do is appeasement in my mind. i dont mind people who dont do anything about fascists, and just avoid them. which is a good thing, because im one of those people. but i shouldnt need to point out that even now fascist types are more frequently violent than their violent opposition, so the whole 'dont hurt their feelings, it makes everything worse' thing winds me the wrong way. besides, i have to defend it because i really enjoyed the re-mixes of that spencer guy getting punched. :| yes, im that low brow.
i understand where your coming from for sure though, i just dont really like it.