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Is there a source for that? I have mixed feelings about it, one one hand I'm sure we can all think of groups this applies to, though it's not clear to me they r
by version_five 4y ago
Is there a source for that? I have mixed feelings about it, one one hand I'm sure we can all think of groups this applies to, though it's not clear to me they really hold power, it's more about insecurity. Whereas those who really do hold power can and do get criticized all the time, and it seems like it's how they deal with it that defines their hold on power.
In the case of the monarchy, there is probably an element of insecurity as well as a general acknowledgment that they'll be criticized constantly and can't let it bother them.
- krapp 4y agoThe quote is often misattributed to Voltaire but it's actually from a radio broadcast by American Neo-Nazi radio host Kevin Alfred Strom, and usually meant to be applied in reference to "the Jews" in the context of Holocaust denial (implying that popular resistance to Holocaust denial, hate speech laws, deplatforming right-wing and neo-nazi posters, etc. is evidence that a Jewish cabal secretly controls society something something Hitler did nothing wrong.)
- version_five 4y agoThanks, that's interesting in the context of my original comment because I don't believe Jewish people as a group hold any particular power, not do I think they're insecure, nor beyond criticism - my point being that they are actually a terrible example of this witticism. It doesn't surprise me that Neo-nazis would paint such a charicature.
- znpy 4y agoAh, didn’t know that! F@@k!
- nine_k 4y agoIf not the source, here's the practice: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se-majest%C3%A9 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se-majest%C3%A9