From Infidel753:
There are differences of opinion over whether initiating violence (that is, committing violence other than in self-defense) has any proper role in our opposition to the dangerous fascists and bigots emboldened by the rise of Trumpism. I’m not talking about violence or aggression against neutral or uninvolved persons, such as smashing store windows or blocking traffic — such behavior must be avoided, and condemned unequivocally whenever it happens. Not only is it wrong in itself, it can only turn its victims again the people perpetrating it. Rather, I mean the kind of action exemplified by the much-debated Richard Spencer punch. Neo-Nazis, KKK supporters, and the like advocate violence, or at least identify with ideologies notorious for using it. Why not give them a taste of their own chosen medicine?
It’s a question on which I personally haven’t yet come to a conclusion
Fighting violence with violence in such examples is likely not the solution.
Indeed, when you fight fire with fire, you only get a larger fire. That is why we use water to douse the fire of violence.
It is why, to borrow a seemingly ironic and misunderstood or misapplied phrase from the Left, love does indeed trump hate.