Midnight Mania! Is sucker-punching Nazis ethical?

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This video making the rounds shows a man with a Nazi armband attempting to say something about someone deserving welfare. Next thing he knows, a fist hits his head and his head hits the floor.

Punching Nazis is as American as apple pie. So is free speech. How do we reconcile the two?

I’ll admit, I’m usually all for punching Nazis, but I’ll also admit this makes me uncomfortable. A dude is attempting to talk, and his talk is met with physical violence. Moreover, its not like he got back up just fine. The man was slept. He was out cold. In all seriousness, he probably is concussed and, worst case scenario, someone could die from head trauma like that.

On the other hand, what he is saying isn’t just talk. The viewpoint of Nazism is inherently violent; Nazism, and white supremacy more broadly, espouse violence along racial lines by an agent of the state. Sporting a Swastika armband, harassing black people, and spewing a doctrine of genocidal violence (in case anyone forgot the Holocaust) without facing some visceral violence in return, is probably also not an America I want to live in. In other words, people have gotten sucker punched for a lot less.

Captain America would be proud.

Insomnia

This is great self-awareness by Rockhold

Everybody calm down. I got this. pic.twitter.com/4k2mXxC1pR

— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) September 17, 2017

I’m just here for the mitt work

Paige VanZant Twerking and Hitting Mitts https://t.co/ceJFs7iaNt

— Zombie Prophet (@ZPGIFs) September 19, 2017

Please visit Shogun’s Facebook page for the official explanation. Or just click here.

Lutar tem sido a minha vida há mais de 15 anos. É o que eu escolhi pra mim e o que amo fazer. Pra mim é muito difícil ter que sair de uma luta, muito mesmo, e aceitar que isso era a única alternativa viável não foi nada fácil. Infelizmente, ainda no começo desse Camp, machuquei meu joelho. Passei todo meu Camp fazendo tudo que estava ao meu alcance pra poder lutar no dia 23 de Setembro (22 no Brasil), e treinei o tempo todo na base de remédios, proteção no joelho, gelo e fisioterapia. Fui além do limite porque voltar a lutar no Japão é algo que eu sonhava há muito tempo, porque não queria decepcionar os fãs, e porque fui criado assim nas artes marciais pelo meu mestre. Já subi pra lutar lesionado diversas vezes na carreira, e não faltou esforço e tentativa. Mas Infelizmente todo o esforço só acabou por agravar as lesões, e chegou um momento em que a minha equipe e eu tivemos que aceitar que não haviam mais alternativas, e tive que sair da luta. Não foi fácil. Quero pedir desculpas ao meu adversário, já estive na mesma situação inclusive quando nos enfrentamos a primeira vez, e sei que nunca é fácil, e principalmente pedir desculpas ao público, especialmente a todos aqueles que estavam ansiosos aguardando essa luta. Vou cuidar da minha recuperação agora, curar minhas lesões e voltar mais forte. Os desafios são colocados na nossa frente todos os dias, e o que realmente importa é como a gente os enfrenta. Obrigado pelo carinho de todos. Fighting has been my life for more than 15 years. It’s what I have chosen for myself, and what I love to do. For me it’s really hard to have to step out of a fight, really difficult, and to accept that this was the only viable alternative wasn’t easy at all. Unfortunately, still early in this camp, I injured my knee. I spent all Camp doing all within my reach to be able to fight on September 23rd, trained the whole time under medication, protection in my knee, ice and physical therapy. I went beyond my limit because fighting in Japan again is something I have been dreaming about for a long time… (Due to Instagram limitations, please visit my official Facebook page for the full English translation)

A post shared by Shogun Rua (@shogunoficial) on Sep 18, 2017 at 4:38am PDT

Can’t wait to see the fictional Russian Zabit Magomedsharipov back in action.

Train up a child in the ways he should throw, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Logan getting in some bag work at the @BMFRanch. Elbows, boxing and head kicks, that’s my boy. pic.twitter.com/KE5hHEpMvh

— Brandon Gibson (@SixGunGibson) September 18, 2017

Valentina Shevchenko is soothing her anger with a trip to the London Bridge? Must be nice.

London. Tower bridge. River Thames. 17 of September 2017#RiverThames #UK #Phoenix3 #LondonBridge pic.twitter.com/ClWkAVAo7e

— Valentina Shevchenko (@BulletValentina) September 17, 2017

The ridicule and stench of corruption over the Canelo-GGG decision had an effect: Adelaide Byrd is (probably) taking a break from judging. Its about time.

Did they bring these judges over from Australia? #CaneloGGG

— Manny Pacquiao (@mannypacquiao) September 17, 2017

I woke up from my sleep and screamed 110-118

— Anthony Johnson (@Anthony_Rumble) September 17, 2017

Morning thoughts: Boxing and MMA need some sort of oversight for judges. Byrd has consistently put out bad score cards without repercussion

— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) September 17, 2017

Honestly, hearing that would have been better than this.

I just wanna hear Edmund scream “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO” for his entire segment.

— Chase Sherman (@ChaseShermanUFC) September 17, 2017

I mean, come on. He taught her to throw hands like this.

What a punch that is. pic.twitter.com/bbZm9rFZwR

— Lucas Bourdon (@lucas_bourdon) September 18, 2017

Ronda Rousey three years ago was so confident; for some reason Edmond is still living this fantasy.

Since the Rousey-Cyborg debate is back (courtesy of Tarverdyan on #themmahour), here’s what RR had to say about Cris 3 years ago yesterday: pic.twitter.com/rYdlUbk2pe

— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) September 18, 2017

This is called “spinning a narrative” and it’s what Conor McGregor is best at.

Boxing is a mad game. pic.twitter.com/Nyzywv8H7O

— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) September 17, 2017

Along with product promotion (Conor McGregor Jr. is growing up in a real-life version of The Truman Show)

Thank you @stefanogabbana and @dolcegabbana for my matching baby and daddy shoes!

A post shared by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Sep 17, 2017 at 11:23am PDT

That’s accurate.

It’s like Mike Perry’s whole career is an audition to be the comedic bully in a Ben Stiller movie. pic.twitter.com/4n1DIUDJTd

— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) September 17, 2017

It says more about Chiesa than Rockhold, that Chiesa thinks the killer top-position grappling game of Rockhold, clinch work, very limited boxing and some nice kicks make the most well-rounded skillset in the game.

I’m super stoked to see Rockhold fighting again. IMO he has the best, most well rounded skill set in the game. #UFCPittsburgh

— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) September 17, 2017

Nunes got a reply from Alex Morgan herself.

Thanks!

— Alex Morgan (@alexmorgan13) September 16, 2017

This is a great photograph

Put up a gallery on the blog from my time last week with @LukeRockhold thanks to @AmericanEthanol https://t.co/qLTVQd13E1 pic.twitter.com/CLFZy20HCk

— Ryan Loco (@RyanLoco) September 16, 2017

That’s not a real quote

“You have to be odd to be number one” ~ Dr Seuss.

Stay weird pic.twitter.com/RZFSy9fFbg

— Megan Anderson (@MeganA_mma) September 19, 2017

Quick Hits

Slips, Rips, and KO Clips

Fantastic comeback aside, I think the referee stopped this a little quickly, considering how long he let Wood take shots. Maybe he was primed to consider a stoppage even though it was the opposite person who was hurt at first.

#AndStill!!!!!

Nathaniel Wood gets a huge comeback win and defends his belt at #CW86 pic.twitter.com/u3K5kwdA9n

— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors) September 16, 2017

Nice armbar

WOW!! What a finish!

Huge 1st round submission win for Mehdi Saadi

Live on the @sportbible Facebook page NOW! pic.twitter.com/pJ0toSlvj5

— Cage Warriors (@CageWarriors) September 16, 2017

At this point I’ve seen enough Takeru finishes to be a fan. He’s awesome, and this fight is batshit crazy.

TAKERU and Wang Junguang went to war this morning at Saitama Super Arena #K1_WGP pic.twitter.com/9XQeh8R5v1

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) September 18, 2017

There has always been a lot of action at these events

Kotaro Shimano #k1_wgp pic.twitter.com/WLgGDCDzyW

— Bestrafer7 (@Bestrafer7) September 18, 2017

Great wars are only possible because of great chins

The difference between a paper chin and a granite chin #GGGCanelo pic.twitter.com/aHMM0J7tvr

— Dale Ryles (@ryledale) September 17, 2017

Canelo has an iron chin too.

Canelo has (very) rarely been visibly hurt in a pro ring, but Jose Miguel Cotto managed to do it in 2010. Will GGG be able to do the same? pic.twitter.com/g5SmwAGZtc

— British Boxing News (@BritBoxingNews) August 31, 2017

19-year-old Thai Rithy KO’s Jerome Paye in R2 at ONE Championship: Total Victory. That Cro Cop stanky leg. pic.twitter.com/EKwsm636vd

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) September 16, 2017

Egregious reffing

This was … no words …
Ralph Acosta sleeps Gareth De La Cruz (Combate Americas) pic.twitter.com/u8dkA32FBz

— Jolassanda (@Jolassanda) September 16, 2017

The problem with rings

Alex Morono and Rashid Abdullah took a hard fall out of the ring at Texas City Throwdown 1 (2014) #UFCJapan pic.twitter.com/VKHo9dmPKA

— Honky Extraordinaire (@Mr_Honky) September 19, 2017

This throw is absolutely incredible. If you think Sumo is just fat men pushing each other around, watch this. His butt nearly hits the ground before he somehow throws the opponent over him.

day8 a pre-broadcast hilite was shown. Watch this throw on Onojo by Fukuyama. It’s the basho of the rare throws. #sumo #septbasho pic.twitter.com/zzcfkgsJAq

— SumoSoul (@TheSumoSoul) September 17, 2017

Podcasts and Video

The MMA Hour

The Severe MMA podcast lads got a new logo and it is savage. Looks like they are trying to become the podcast of the proletariat.

EPISODE 133!

Sean & Graeme talk Jones, #UFCPittsburgh, #UFCJapan, #BAMMA31, #CW86, #bellator183, #CaneloGGG & more https://t.co/v0n5dGROoB pic.twitter.com/GX0JXWRKjD

— SevereMMA Podcast (@SevereMMAPod) September 18, 2017

Random Land

Watch an 80-year-old pilot crash his plane into a tree and survive unscathed.

These two sentences read like an answer and the question in reverse order.

The 80-year-old pilot, Manfred Forst, survived with only minor injuries.

Federal investigators are trying to figure out what caused the crash.

Stay woke, Maniacs! Follow me on Twitter @Vorpality

Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight

Welcome to Midnight Mania!

This video making the rounds shows a man with a Nazi armband attempting to say something about someone deserving welfare. Next thing he knows, a fist hits his head and his head hits the floor.

Punching Nazis is as American as apple pie. So is free speech. How do we reconcile the two?

I’ll admit, I’m usually all for punching Nazis, but I’ll also admit this makes me uncomfortable. A dude is attempting to talk, and his talk is met with physical violence. Moreover, its not like he got back up just fine. The man was slept. He was out cold. In all seriousness, he probably is concussed and, worst case scenario, someone could die from head trauma like that.

On the other hand, what he is saying isn’t just talk. The viewpoint of Nazism is inherently violent; Nazism, and white supremacy more broadly, espouse violence along racial lines by an agent of the state. Sporting a Swastika armband, harassing black people, and spewing a doctrine of genocidal violence (in case anyone forgot the Holocaust) without facing some visceral violence in return, is probably also not an America I want to live in. In other words, people have gotten sucker punched for a lot less.

Captain America would be proud.

Insomnia

This is great self-awareness by Rockhold

I’m just here for the mitt work

Please visit Shogun’s Facebook page for the official explanation. Or just click here.

Lutar tem sido a minha vida há mais de 15 anos. É o que eu escolhi pra mim e o que amo fazer. Pra mim é muito difícil ter que sair de uma luta, muito mesmo, e aceitar que isso era a única alternativa viável não foi nada fácil. Infelizmente, ainda no começo desse Camp, machuquei meu joelho. Passei todo meu Camp fazendo tudo que estava ao meu alcance pra poder lutar no dia 23 de Setembro (22 no Brasil), e treinei o tempo todo na base de remédios, proteção no joelho, gelo e fisioterapia. Fui além do limite porque voltar a lutar no Japão é algo que eu sonhava há muito tempo, porque não queria decepcionar os fãs, e porque fui criado assim nas artes marciais pelo meu mestre. Já subi pra lutar lesionado diversas vezes na carreira, e não faltou esforço e tentativa. Mas Infelizmente todo o esforço só acabou por agravar as lesões, e chegou um momento em que a minha equipe e eu tivemos que aceitar que não haviam mais alternativas, e tive que sair da luta. Não foi fácil. Quero pedir desculpas ao meu adversário, já estive na mesma situação inclusive quando nos enfrentamos a primeira vez, e sei que nunca é fácil, e principalmente pedir desculpas ao público, especialmente a todos aqueles que estavam ansiosos aguardando essa luta. Vou cuidar da minha recuperação agora, curar minhas lesões e voltar mais forte. Os desafios são colocados na nossa frente todos os dias, e o que realmente importa é como a gente os enfrenta. Obrigado pelo carinho de todos. Fighting has been my life for more than 15 years. It’s what I have chosen for myself, and what I love to do. For me it’s really hard to have to step out of a fight, really difficult, and to accept that this was the only viable alternative wasn’t easy at all. Unfortunately, still early in this camp, I injured my knee. I spent all Camp doing all within my reach to be able to fight on September 23rd, trained the whole time under medication, protection in my knee, ice and physical therapy. I went beyond my limit because fighting in Japan again is something I have been dreaming about for a long time… (Due to Instagram limitations, please visit my official Facebook page for the full English translation)

A post shared by Shogun Rua (@shogunoficial) on

Can’t wait to see the fictional Russian Zabit Magomedsharipov back in action.

Train up a child in the ways he should throw, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Valentina Shevchenko is soothing her anger with a trip to the London Bridge? Must be nice.

The ridicule and stench of corruption over the Canelo-GGG decision had an effect: Adelaide Byrd is (probably) taking a break from judging. Its about time.

Honestly, hearing that would have been better than this.

I mean, come on. He taught her to throw hands like this.

Ronda Rousey three years ago was so confident; for some reason Edmond is still living this fantasy.

This is called “spinning a narrative” and it’s what Conor McGregor is best at.

Along with product promotion (Conor McGregor Jr. is growing up in a real-life version of The Truman Show)

Thank you @stefanogabbana and @dolcegabbana for my matching baby and daddy shoes!

A post shared by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on

That’s accurate.

It says more about Chiesa than Rockhold, that Chiesa thinks the killer top-position grappling game of Rockhold, clinch work, very limited boxing and some nice kicks make the most well-rounded skillset in the game.

Nunes got a reply from Alex Morgan herself.

This is a great photograph

That’s not a real quote

Quick Hits

Slips, Rips, and KO Clips

Fantastic comeback aside, I think the referee stopped this a little quickly, considering how long he let Wood take shots. Maybe he was primed to consider a stoppage even though it was the opposite person who was hurt at first.

Nice armbar

At this point I’ve seen enough Takeru finishes to be a fan. He’s awesome, and this fight is batshit crazy.

There has always been a lot of action at these events

Great wars are only possible because of great chins

Canelo has an iron chin too.

Egregious reffing

The problem with rings

This throw is absolutely incredible. If you think Sumo is just fat men pushing each other around, watch this. His butt nearly hits the ground before he somehow throws the opponent over him.

Podcasts and Video

The MMA Hour

The Severe MMA podcast lads got a new logo and it is savage. Looks like they are trying to become the podcast of the proletariat.

Random Land

Watch an 80-year-old pilot crash his plane into a tree and survive unscathed.

These two sentences read like an answer and the question in reverse order.

The 80-year-old pilot, Manfred Forst, survived with only minor injuries.

Federal investigators are trying to figure out what caused the crash.

Stay woke, Maniacs! Follow me on Twitter @Vorpality