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Agreed. As soon as you have to defend your “peaceful protest movement” with the statement: “we’re not ALL nazis,” you’ve lost the plot.

vba616 5y ago
People were defending it by claiming that the protestors were using swastikas to call out the Canadian government as being like Nazis. How do you know what's going on? Are you there?
- 9935c101ab17a66 5y ago
  If that was actually the case — they are asserting the Canadian government are literal Nazis — that's offensively stupid. It's also kind of a convenient excuse, and probably the only way you could positively 'spin' displaying such a blatant hate symbol. We both know that's not the real reason they are displaying it though. Organizations and governments are frequently accused of being the second coming of Hitler's National Socialist party, but in what distorted reality does it make sense to accuse your opponent of being fascists by flying a hateful, fascist flag. That's not how things work. > How do you know what's going on? Are you there? Are you really asking me if I'm embedded in a protest movement that has defaced the Terry Fox statue and raided a homeless shelter? No, I'm not. But a quick google uncovers a quote from the 'movement's' spokesperson, who was asked about the proudly displayed symbols of hate: > When asked specifically about the swastika, he brushed the question off: “People troll, do stupid things, whatever. Who cares?” That doesn't exactly fit with the narrative you presented, and suggest they don't have an explanation for why members are showing hate symbols. And so it's logical to assume that the members displaying these ridiculous hate symbols are doing it because they are hateful people, who feel these symbols are the best way to communicate their message to the rest of the world.
  - vba616 5y ago
    >Are you really asking me if I'm embedded in a protest movement that has defaced the Terry Fox statue and raided a homeless shelter? >That doesn't exactly fit with the narrative you presented dang, this (subthread & whole thread) is all kinds of fucked up, please take a look.

vba616 5y ago

People were defending it by claiming that the protestors were using swastikas to call out the Canadian government as being like Nazis. How do you know what's going on? Are you there?

9935c101ab17a66 5y ago
If that was actually the case — they are asserting the Canadian government are literal Nazis — that's offensively stupid. It's also kind of a convenient excuse, and probably the only way you could positively 'spin' displaying such a blatant hate symbol. We both know that's not the real reason they are displaying it though. Organizations and governments are frequently accused of being the second coming of Hitler's National Socialist party, but in what distorted reality does it make sense to accuse your opponent of being fascists by flying a hateful, fascist flag. That's not how things work. > How do you know what's going on? Are you there? Are you really asking me if I'm embedded in a protest movement that has defaced the Terry Fox statue and raided a homeless shelter? No, I'm not. But a quick google uncovers a quote from the 'movement's' spokesperson, who was asked about the proudly displayed symbols of hate: > When asked specifically about the swastika, he brushed the question off: “People troll, do stupid things, whatever. Who cares?” That doesn't exactly fit with the narrative you presented, and suggest they don't have an explanation for why members are showing hate symbols. And so it's logical to assume that the members displaying these ridiculous hate symbols are doing it because they are hateful people, who feel these symbols are the best way to communicate their message to the rest of the world.
- vba616 5y ago
  >Are you really asking me if I'm embedded in a protest movement that has defaced the Terry Fox statue and raided a homeless shelter? >That doesn't exactly fit with the narrative you presented dang, this (subthread & whole thread) is all kinds of fucked up, please take a look.