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NY Times is far from "considered left-wing". It's currently heavily criticized for publishing terrible articles sympathizing with and humanizing literal neo-naz

• KozmoNau7 9y ago
  Well, neo-nazis are humans, and we should never forget that fact. They're not mindless monsters, they're actual living breathing people, and only by understanding that fact can we surmise their motivations and act against them.
  • croon 9y ago
    > Well, neo-nazis are humans, and we should never forget that fact. They're not mindless monsters I'm not sure that being mindful monsters is better.
    • KozmoNau7 9y ago
      Oh no, absolutely not. Realizing that they're just people like you or me or anyone else is terrifying, because it means we all potentially have these impulses. It makes it much harder to think of them as an "other", and just brush them away with "well, they're just evil monsters".
  • pjc50 9y ago
    As someone pointed out, the coverage of neo-nazis was far more favourable and humanising than most of the coverage of black people wrongly shot by police. And surprisingly similar to a lot of the 1930s coverage of Hitler's charming dinner parties. Fascism generally is charming until you're on the wrong end of the jackboot.
    • Chris2048 9y ago
      Where is this pointed out?