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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

That is a top shelf bartender

— Ronnie *waiting for a REAL apocalypse* B (@alt_horizon) July 8, 2020

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

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

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

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