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Ironic fascism is a disturbing symptom of the Trumpist right’s mounting ethnonationalism and authoritarianism.

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[–] fonix232@fedia.io 53 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You Americans have a very weird relationship with the ~~second~~ first amendment - and the Nazis really took it as a "free from criticism" amendment, now, haven't they?

Stop giving these assclowns the benefit of the doubt. Stop accepting the "it was only in jest" excuses when they push their agenda. Sartre said it right:

Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

While he does specify anti-Semite, in the context it's clear that he means Nazis.

Push back on Nazism and stop accepting excuses on why it isn't "really" Nazism.

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 29 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The people that will read this don't need this advice.

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 days ago

My dad once asked me why McDonald's even still advertises. It's because it puts it fresh in your mind, and there's always new people poking around who could use to hear something like this. Can't give up putting out good ideas just because it seems unlikely to reach the right person

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 4 points 3 days ago

Nazis are regularly using the "muh freeze peach" excuse to continue pushing their crap and demand to be listened to, or be platformed in general (and not be punched in the face when they openly advocate for murdering fellow Americans).

In more civilised countries (see e.g. Germany) this kind of shit gets shut down quickly.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

The more people read this quote, the more they remember it and spread it.

Good ideas die when people's attitude is "why write it down when I can remember it".

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I agree completely, but what does any of this have to do with the second amendment?

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nazis are regularly using the "muh freeze peach" excuse to continue pushing their crap and demand to be listened to, or be platformed in general (and not be punched in the face when they openly advocate for murdering fellow Americans).

In more civilised countries (see e.g. Germany) this kind of shit gets shut down quickly.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The First Amendment has to do with freedom of speech. The Second Amendment has to do with the right to bear arms.

what does manitoba have to do with free speech

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

You're right. Brain fart moment.

[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them."

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They’re pretty clearly engineering a genocide

We're not putting people in camps! Relax guys, it's a joke!

6 months later: haha, fucking libs believed us.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 days ago

False! We must not take our focus off the radical left, surely they will do something or say something bad soon!

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Good thing we have a robust history of taking these fascist ass hats seriously, right?….. right….?

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago

Like taking the literal Nazi marches seriously in 1938-39 while the war was raging in Europe?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have been saying for a long time and it just gets to be more so. The GOP has to close up shop. They have to go the way of the wigs. Retool and rename because you have destroyed this brand.

[–] Geobloke@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

Remember when 4chan and the Donald memed Trump into the Whitehouse in 2016? Yeah....

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

What people aren't taking it seriously?

Does there happen to be any overlap with them having other signs of being a piece of shit?

Anerican's right wing party are Nazis, it's been Godwined fromed one end of the internet to the other for decades.

Godwin has provided them more cover than any one slight left of center.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Meanwhile I can't event call Trump voters retarded without mods censorship.