He’d recently reminded readers of his newsletter that they weren’t powerless in the face of Hammer and his ilk. “We CAN fight fascists without fisticuffs or violence. Voting, and encouraging other non-chuds to vote, is an important first step,” he wrote. “So is keeping an eye on your local polling place on election day. Maybe even sticking around after the polls close to watch the vote counting—and democracy—in action. Hopefully, though, you’ll want to do more, before votes are cast, to ensure your candidates for the Legislature, school board and other municipal offices aren’t chuds, chud-adjacent or chud-sympathetic.”

This shouldn’t be construed as antifascist violence being entirely off limits. Part of this nazi’s eviction from the area involved elderly veterans literally threatening to murder him.
It’s alright (good, even!) to abhor violence, but dangerous to pretend it’s never appropriate or necessary.