God, imagine what this country would look like if every self-identified Antifa shithead was replaced with this saint.

It's been demonstrated time and again that deradicalization works best through kindness and offers of forgiveness. Christian Picciolini, Arno Michaelis, a slew of other former neo-nazis all share the same story. They didn't leave hate movements because they were assaulted by some blue-haired college student with a lead pipe. They left when they realized the humanity and value in the people they thought they hated.

Sure, hitting people with bike locks and threats of doxxing drive people underground, but guess what? In the age of the internet, EVERYTHING accomplished anonymously. Antifa knows this, which is why they go out in masks. They're not solving the problem, they're just making it less visible and therefore harder to address.