The lesson isn’t “punch Nazis because mah emotions”, and the fact that that’s what you take away from it says more about your outlook than any of theirs.

The lesson is that direct action against racism and fascism is immediately necessary every time, lest we end up in the flaming dumpster fire that we’re currently in, and if that direct action involves negative reinforcement for a racist piece of shit, then it’s a lesson sorely needed that their parents should have taught them long before situation like this.

You’d better believe every child in my extended family is being educated on the paradox of tolerance as soon as they’re able to grasp it.