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Unfortunately, in a world where everyone is purportedly a Nazi (including my grandmother), nobody is a Nazi. And state control of academia and industry for the

Unfortunately, in a world where everyone is purportedly a Nazi (including my grandmother), nobody is a Nazi. And state control of academia and industry for the purpose of punishing those that don't support ever-increasing state power is indeed of grave concern...

grasshopperpurp 9y ago
Curious as to why your grandmother was called a Nazi . . .
- pluto9 9y ago
  Is, not was. Nice attempt to imply that GP's grandmother was an actual WWII-era Nazi.
  - grasshopperpurp 9y ago
    That was not my intent. I figured that she was called it on one occasion - not that it's a regular thing. Hence: was.
- pjkundert 9y ago
  Disagreement with a proposed belief/behavior system is equated with "hate", and hate-filled "whatever"-phobes are Nazis. My grandmother remains unconvinced that "whatever" is good. Hence she is "hate" filled, and a Nazi. QED.
  - grasshopperpurp 9y ago
    I understand. When we have access to so many people and views, I don't think we're evolved enough to process it, so we have to guard ourselves against looking at each other as demons - while also protecting ourselves from those of us who are dangerous. It's not easy to navigate, and most people can't.
anigbrowl 9y ago
in a world where everyone is purportedly a Nazi (including my grandmother), nobody is a Nazi This is a BS argument. Right wing commentators have been labeling everyone they disagree with as 'Nazis' for decades. Rush Limbaugh is famous for popularizing the term 'Feminazi' and has been using it regularly since ~1995. Jonah Goldberg wrote a book a decade ago that conservatives love citing, called 'Liberal Fascism' and whose cover depicts a smiley-face button with a Hitler moustache. I could cite numerous other examples. It is simply false to suggest that this problem originates with the left, but it does (however unintentionally) give great cover for dismissing the fact that there are rather a lot of militant neo-nazis who have been significantly emboldened in recent years, organize with impunity, and commit violence regularly.

grasshopperpurp 9y ago

Curious as to why your grandmother was called a Nazi . . .

pluto9 9y ago
Is, not was. Nice attempt to imply that GP's grandmother was an actual WWII-era Nazi.
- grasshopperpurp 9y ago
  That was not my intent. I figured that she was called it on one occasion - not that it's a regular thing. Hence: was.
pjkundert 9y ago
Disagreement with a proposed belief/behavior system is equated with "hate", and hate-filled "whatever"-phobes are Nazis. My grandmother remains unconvinced that "whatever" is good. Hence she is "hate" filled, and a Nazi. QED.
- grasshopperpurp 9y ago
  I understand. When we have access to so many people and views, I don't think we're evolved enough to process it, so we have to guard ourselves against looking at each other as demons - while also protecting ourselves from those of us who are dangerous. It's not easy to navigate, and most people can't.

anigbrowl 9y ago

in a world where everyone is purportedly a Nazi (including my grandmother), nobody is a Nazi This is a BS argument. Right wing commentators have been labeling everyone they disagree with as 'Nazis' for decades. Rush Limbaugh is famous for popularizing the term 'Feminazi' and has been using it regularly since ~1995. Jonah Goldberg wrote a book a decade ago that conservatives love citing, called 'Liberal Fascism' and whose cover depicts a smiley-face button with a Hitler moustache. I could cite numerous other examples. It is simply false to suggest that this problem originates with the left, but it does (however unintentionally) give great cover for dismissing the fact that there are rather a lot of militant neo-nazis who have been significantly emboldened in recent years, organize with impunity, and commit violence regularly.