Didn't Churchill have fascist sympathies as well. Do you think he should have been shot as well?

And what about the billions of people that sees the US as a fascistic imperialistic hydra? Would it be cool to pick of Obama as well?

What if these guys are falsely accused for being fascists by teenagers who never read a history book in their life.

That being said posts like this doesn't belong on HN and cries for murder most definitely don't. A real shame might as well head over to reddit or 4chan for this parroting of slogans.

There are lots of gray areas in life, and lots of complex questions which require nuanced well thought-out answers.

It's often useful to problematise simple statements, to draw out different implications and to shed light on what might be un or under considered aspects.

I don't think your comment does this though. Mussolini was a fascist. Not someone with some fascist sympathies, or someone who someone else accused of being fascistic.

Maybe my response was a bit glib. Violence is certainly not something to be undertaken lightly but I think political violence against fascists is justified, and can be considered self-defence.