That whole thread is terrible.
When they say that the lives of racists having “no intrinsic value” on one hand but then cry and moan about how the justice system doesn’t coddle violent criminals and that the death penalty is wrong on the other - their priorities are completely out of line.
Their total effort to reform people they deem racist is “I don’t have the energy to educate you, go read this book”.
It's a basic failure to see the bigger picture whilst, in their usual contradictory way, being more than happy for a minority person to take all the risks for their gratification or entertainment.
As the banned poster correctly points out, if the guy who took the punch falls the wrong way or something else goes wrong then the person who punched him is about to have a severely negative and life changing experience. Could be jail time. Could be mental health issues from accidentally killing or giving some random stranger brain damage. Imagine having to stand in a court and explain in front of a dudes family how you ended up killing their loved one because he was being a bit of a prick one time.
This nutter was ranting on the tube so... I killed him.
They are not only fine with watching a POC take on all of that potential for a really negative outcome but they openly encourage more.
If course there is the strange contradiction of demanding leniency and empathy on most issues until the moment that it's someone they don't like and then it goes out the window.
Best to ignore crazies on the train. If you must confront them then be very very careful. Don't just go straight to violence as its always possible things go wrong and you fuck up your life. Big picture.
Imagine you've got your life in order. Working. Nice relationship. Maybe thinking about house and car etc. Then you are on the train and some twat is acting the maggot. So you hit him a dig and the guy falls and cracks his skull. Maybe he's blinded or brain damaged or something. You face criminal charges your GF is like "why the fuck didn't you just walk on" and you feel awful about what you've done.
These clowns are happy for someone else to take that risk of course.
Not to say the guy didn't deserve a slap. Just people need to be careful in a situation like that. Could have easily gone horribly wrong.