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Sucker punched Nazi makes for marvellous music memes

by Jeremy Mersereau

Over the weekend, a video of alt-right (read: neo-Nazi) thought leader  Richard Spencer getting punched mid-interview on Inauguration Day went viral, setting off a million conversations about whether or not the sucker punch was a justifiable act of violence and if neo-Nazis deserve whatever they get. Answer: I don’t know for sure, but in general, people who advocate for ‘peaceful ethnic cleansing’ probably need a good punching.

Much as we should be loathe to admit it, there’s Canadian connection here as well: Spencer lived in Toronto between 2010 and 2011, and, according to a Maclean’s profile, Spencer’s white supremacist views stem from riding a TTC bus and noticing he was the only white person there. Uh huh. Makes sense, obviously being the only white person on the bus means white people are under assault and must be defended under the banner of a cartoon frog.

The punch heard ’round the blogosphere also sparked off a million examples of the main method of discourse in the 21st century: memes. Let’s all take a second and take a look at some impromptu fash-bashing set to music:

And finally, Tim Heidecker’s take on the whole thing, as someone as has some prior experience dealing with the Pepes:

Depending on your personal (and hopefully, non-abhorrent) politics, that punch may or may not be acceptable behaviour, but you gotta admit, it is satisfying.