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So we disagree. Fair enough. However, I don't think my cynicism is unfounded. Nor would I call it cynicism but rather realism. I mean, do you really need to ha
by sheraz 10y ago
So we disagree. Fair enough.
However, I don't think my cynicism is unfounded. Nor would I call it cynicism but rather realism. I mean, do you really need to have sent a pull request to remind you to not do things that make you feel morally bankrupt?
That you signed it leads me to conclude that you have actually bought into the "Trump is a Nazi" rhetoric. I'll explain:
1. Neveragain.tech - the name itself is a well known reference among Jews, "Never Again", in reference to the Holocaust [1]. The creators do this in a cheap effort to position themselves as/with the aggrieved in a "new Holocaust" narrative.
2. Furthering on this thinly-veiled narrative of "new Holocaust" they make more references to past mass deportations and genocides -- grouping them as if they are similar items in a basket. They are not. They are unique events in history, each with their own unique political, social, and other dynamics. Yet more intellectual dishonesty.
3. The document is written as if there is something new in the coming administration versus the previous ones. You want to stop collecting information on race? Then end the census. Abolish the IRS. End the FBI national crime database.
You see, this is not a pledge against anything new. It applies as much to Obama, Bush, or any administration going back in time.
Last point -- my point of view is neither cynical or gross. This pledge is cynical and gross. It is cynical and gross to use genocide and the memory of the Holocaust to build a narrative of doom and gloom around the incoming administration. It is cynical and gross to paint only negative outcomes as a result of stepped up enforcement of immigration and counter-terrorism law.
As always, the answers are somewhere in the middle.
[1] - http://english.stackexchange.com/a/39173 http://english.stackexchange.com/a/39173