'Hate will never prevail.' Local residents confront group displaying swastika flags on I-75 overpass
'Hate will never prevail.' Local residents confront group displaying swastika flags on I-75 overpass
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Summary
A group displaying swastika flags on an I-75 overpass in Evendale, Ohio, was confronted by local residents, leading to tensions and a heavy police presence.
Residents pushed past police, seized a flag, and forced the demonstrators to retreat into a U-Haul truck.
Officials, including Cincinnati’s mayor and Hamilton County’s sheriff, condemned the demonstration.
The Jewish Federation and NAACP also spoke out, questioning where the demonstrators came from. The NAACP suggested the current administration’s policies may have emboldened the group.
No arrests were made.
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Swastikas on an overpass in 2025—the audacity of irrelevance. A group of historical reenactors clinging to symbols of failure, only to be chased off by locals with more backbone than the entire justice system. No arrests? Predictable. Hate groups operate with impunity while law enforcement plays referee.
”Hate will never prevail,” but it sure gets a free pass when wrapped in a flag and parked in a U-Haul. The NAACP is right—this isn’t random; it’s the byproduct of policies that embolden the worst among us.
Good on Evendale’s residents. If the authorities won’t act, the people will. Let them retreat into their truck of shame—the future doesn’t belong to cowards with banners of extinction.
I worked in Evendale about a year. It's a very white area, not particularly progressive, I'm sure the Nazi shitlords thought they were going to be safer and more tolerated.
Good on Evendale.
I don't think arrests should be made. Our first amendment guarantees the right to free speech and demonstration, and that includes things we don't necessarily like. Counter protests, identifying the Nazis, and naming and shaming are all fair game however.
Free speech isn’t a shield for moral cowardice. Sure, the First Amendment protects their right to spew garbage, but it doesn’t absolve society from holding them accountable. Counter-protests and public shaming are the bare minimum—this isn’t just a "disagreement" over zoning laws; it’s hate with historical blood on its hands.
Letting them parade their insignias of failure without consequence only normalizes their rot. The law may not act, but communities can. Naming them is fine, but what about dismantling the systems that let them thrive in the first place? Shaming isn’t enough if the soil remains fertile for their return.
The future belongs to those willing to fight for it—not just with words, but by uprooting the weeds entirely.
Look up the Paradox of Tolerance, or the 'Contract of Tolerance.'
The only thing a tolerant society cannot abide by is intolerance.
And in this case? The rights and morals of free speech means we must- not can, must- abhor nazis.
And now you have nazis in control of the country, great job
Nazis should be shot on sight.
I do not believe in protecting literal neo-Nazis because of some idealistic notion of free speech. They want to exterminate most of the country.
If the police don't combat them effectively, then communities should, by any means effective.
(yes, it isn't even protected speech under 2nd Amendment, but that doesn't even matter; fuck them, even if it was protected speech)