Racists on a train. what should i have done?

I'm a young guy who lives in Europe. Today I took the train home. I was standing there and next to me were these two guys and a girl. The girl didn't say much but the other two were going on an on about how we should shoot all the fugitives, gas the jews, how they wish Hitler back and so forth. Basically text book racists. I had heard things like it on the internet but never in real life. There was also a young boy that looked ethnically ambiguous, and although they were never directly talking about him they sure threw some looks.
So I was just standing there squeezing a pole and trying not to look too angry, but the whole ride I kept thinking: What should I do? Should I say something? Would they beat me up? Would that be worth it?
I feel like a coward. What would you have done?

Ignore them, try to stay alive. 30
Try to get in on the conversation. 8
Confront them. 16
Attack them physically. 5
Jump off the train. 2
Other ... 8
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Comments ( 43 )
  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

    i have had it with these motherfuckin racists on this motherfuckin train!!!

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    • RoseIsabella

      I love being an American, and having a car of my own. I seriously wouldn't change it for anything! I haven't ridden a bus in nearly 30 years, and I could probably count how many cabs I've been in during the course of my life! Murica!

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      • Well, it's not like we don't have cars here :)
        I've been riding the train to school and work every day for almost 10 years. I like it, actually. You don't have to concentrate on anything. You can just relax, look out the window and listen to some music.
        ... Or sometimes listen to some fucked up conversations, I guess.

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        • RoseIsabella

          Right on where are ya'll from?

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      • VirgilManly

        You've never been to NYC. You'd have to more than likely leave your car in a parking garage somewhere and take a cab, a bus , or the subway to your destination. There's no such thing as a convenient parking space in NY. But I still love NY.

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        • RoseIsabella

          That's what I hear about it.

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        • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

          toobad yalld git shot then arrested for that glock in yalls pocket by the nypd

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          • VirgilManly

            Not if you got a permit you don't.

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      • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

        mines faster

        murica x 2

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        • RoseIsabella

          I love my Buick! My stupid ex rear ended some Russians, and totalled their car, but there wasn't even a scratch on mine, except the cup holder which my ex broke, because he's an idiot.

          A'murica!!!

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      • Ellenna

        Sorry? Are you suggesting no americans use public transport, you all have cars? First I've heard of it

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        • RoseIsabella

          Nope, I'm just me and people like me.

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    • xD
      Now I wish I yelled that.
      Even if they kicked my ass, that would have been totally worth it.

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      • There are some racists and haters who are regulars on this site. Not sure if you came to the most ideal place to vent your frustrations.

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  • VirgilManly

    I would ignore them. To confront them would only cause problems. It's unlikely you'd have any kind of lengthy worthwhile conversation that would change their mind. That is my Euorean version.

    In my American version, I would call them out on being fucktards. I would fear not because the Glock in my pocket would be aimed at their crotch the whole time.

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    • RoseIsabella

      Oh Hell yeah, that's the way to aim! You're not my numba one Gorilla for nuthin!

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  • insanebotv21

    SARCASM!!! No, seriously. Think of a point, and display it as sarcastically as possible, with no little to differentiation from your normal tone. IF they suddenly understand that you are being sarcastic, you may realize that they are worth the attention. And, if not, you've managed to make your point to anyone smarter than them whilst not offending them because of their ignorance.

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  • Steve2.0

    You should have punched one of them really hard in the middle of the face, then casually walked off the train. Racism really does agitate me.

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  • ihatehippies

    who cares faggot, so people aren't allowed to have their own opinions? You sound like hitler

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    • Steve2.0

      You sound like a 30 year old virgin. But that's just my opinion, and I'm allowed to have it, so don't care about it, faggot.

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    • When your own opinion includes hurting innocent people I start caring.
      Und Hitler klingt ganz anders.

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  • Darktown

    As a Jew i always feel a bit awkward with issues like this. On the one hand, I very much dislike certain groups of people such as blacks for example. I think they cause a lot of problems and generally speaking we would do much better in society without them.

    On the other hand, my grandparents escaped Nazi Germany and their families were murdered in cold blood by the Nazis. Literally taken outside of their homes, told to strip naked, and shot to death. For no reason at all. They were good people but just because they were Jews the Germans murdered them along with millions of others.

    So no matter how much I dislike someone, I would never go around saying they need to be shot or murdered or whatever. But I can understand how some people are really bothered by a certain group of people.

    I do not claim to have the perfect solution, but I think it is probably best to allow free speech and discussion to take place so that angers and grievances may be heard, debated publicly, and possibly channeled into something constructive and good.

    When people start making serious threats though, or actually committing senseless crimes against others, we all need to speak up loudly at the first possible opportunity otherwise that kind of behavior may spread all too quickly

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    • bumblecreek

      Oh, Mr. Herschel Goldberg you meschugena. Why must you make such a shonda for the goyim. Just take a bagel break and enjoy some hamantash with it. Fershtay?
      Oy vey, I bet your balabusta told you to say all that nasty schmutzik. What a schmoe.

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      • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

        why cant he be more like mrs cohens boy?

        hes a DOCTOR

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        • Darktown

          I'm all for Jewish humor, but guys, seriously, those are pretty lame jokes. Get with the times-- Watch some Curb Your Enthusiasm if you really want to laugh at jewish stuff.

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          • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

            *throws gefilte fish at you*

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            • Darktown

              i will gladly catch that. I happen to really like gefilte fish, at least the kind they serve at chabad synagogues. But the other type, the white stuff in a jar at some synagogues and in the supermarket that stuff is pretty gross,

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      • RoseIsabella

        Oh shit! That's a thing of beauty! I'm a Catholic girl from Down South, but I know good Jewish talk when I hear it. I wouldn't mind learning some Yiddish, cause there's something awesome about it, especially if it's old, grouchy insults!

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    • Ellenna

      And don't you think the Nazi's started off by just talking racism and getting away with it? Ultimately leading to the gas ovens.

      Just what I can never understand, a racist jew

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      • Darktown

        Keep in mind though in Nazi Germany it was primarily about the desire to create the perfect society. As Hitler rose he promised solutions for their economic problems and was predicting a new 1,000-year third Reich. They were extremely proud of what they were creating, that was the primary focus. Yes they wanted the Jews gone but in their minds that was just a small part of the grand vision they had for themselves. The Nazis were also very secretive about what they did, the general public didnt even always know about all the horrifying things that would later happen to the Jews and others who were sent away. A lot of propoganda.

        The point at which more probably should have been done is when the Nazis began to slowly make the Jews into second class citizens by limiting what they could own, where they could travel, who they could associate with, etc. They systematically stripped them of their normal rights as citizens. For all the talk nowadays about racism toward blacks, keep in mind their rights have only increased in this country and they are full citizens now. In fact it could be argued that policies like Affirmative Action turn blacks into a protected class, putting them above others. Similarly when you see people proposing extra taxes on the rich for example, that also can be seen by some as trying to use the state to lower the status of a class of citizens. Just food for thought

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  • thegypsysailor

    When dick heads like that are performing, they want attention. The best thing one can do is ignore them and they eventually get tired of blathering on and on, showing their fucking ignorance. Nothing feels stupider than performing for a crowd that ignores you.

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  • alienslayer

    Your awesome, We are all human at the end of the day, We breathe the same air and have the exact same lungs and heart to keep us alive. Forget the racists, They probably wanted you to get angry. And if them 'racists' were black haired and brown eyed, Then theyre making a huge fool of themselves. ARIAN race was WANTED ONLY by Hitler

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  • Ellenna

    I was in pretty much this situation once many years ago and I did nothing. It was only one bloke, a very drunk vietnam vet, verbally abusing a young asian man for reading a newspaper in his own language.

    The train was fairly packed but no-one did anything until a couple of respectably dressed young blokes stood over the racist and told him to shut up. They must've called cops because he was taken off the train at the next station.

    I can remember feeling ill that I wasn't brave enough to do anything and thinking that this was what happened to jews in the streets of germany and no-one did anything. I'm female by the way, and not good at physical confrontation, but I still regret I couldn't think of anything to do that evening because of my fear the drunk would turn on me

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  • handsignals

    Let me guess, Eskimos right, the girl probably didn't say anything because she was dreaming about my white cock.

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  • notaterrorist

    everyone is entitled to their own opinion

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  • D'lirium

    Slap them with your banana then hit 'em with a pan, just like in the movies! :3

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  • KingTermite

    Sounds like a movie title: Racists on a Train.

    Maybe get Samuel L Jackson to be in it.

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  • handsignals

    They made a sequel to 'snakes on a plane' awesome!

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  • icant_

    Kill them or die trying.

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  • flyingnostalgia

    You should have
    1: laughing loud
    2: dancing in circles
    3: puke..on them
    4: jump off the train

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