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> Have you considered that we see the growing use of Nazi lingo because the amount of violence being committed by neo-nazis is rising? I think the rise in call
by orthecreedence 8y ago
> Have you considered that we see the growing use of Nazi lingo because the amount of violence being committed by neo-nazis is rising?
I think the rise in calling other people Nazis is more a symptom of political polarization than of a resurgence of violent national socialist gangs. To that end, I think the media itself is vastly more culpable than r/the_donald or gab.
Are they organizing and rallying more? Yeah, it seems so. Does censoring them on youtube or patreon keep them from organizing? No...but it does smell of the beginnings of what the communist which hunt was 70 years ago, and the collateral damage that came with it.
When everyone starts banning Nazis, then the answer to "What actually is a Nazi?" becomes "anything I do not like."
- afuchs 8y agoThere has been a large increase in hate crimes in the United States in the last few years. The issue of censorship is deeply nuanced (i.e. the paradox of tolerance). On one hand, there is the problem of "what if the tables are flipped," and how different marginalized groups are treated. Unfortunately, giving fringe viewpoints platforms and openly debating them actually encourages people to support those viewpoints despite any factual evidence against them. People with fringe viewpoints know this and will often, disingenuously, seek to publicize their views through open debate so they can convert other people into supporters.
- XorNot 8y agoIf the tables were flipped is never a problem in this car because it has an obvious answer: you would be murdered.