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Surely you would feel very differently if you were born in a slightly different time in the not-so-distant past. How do you imagine the first "actual Nazis" cam

Surely you would feel very differently if you were born in a slightly different time in the not-so-distant past. How do you imagine the first "actual Nazis" came to the position of power where they could slaughter thousands of your community with impunity for nearly a generation? How do you imagine it couldn't happen again, if not in your lifetime, at some point in humanity's timeline? If not regarding Jews, regarding some new community? Do you really think it would be avoided simply by more people taking "don't let words affect you" to heart [ * ]? [ * ] (assuming, quite unreasonably, that that's actually something that could happen at a societal level)

wonderwonder 4y ago
Don't call me Shirley. Sorry I had too. There is a very large difference between random people doing it and the actual government the possesors of state sanctioned violence stirring people against you and I think you know that. On top of that, we live in the now in the United States. Freedom of speech is a very real thing that I very strongly believe should be close to absolute. Otherwise who gets to choose what is forbidden speech? Probably would not have liked it if Trump could decide what people are allowed to say.
mikrotikker 4y ago
> Do you really think it would be avoided simply by more people taking "don't let words affect you" to heart [ * ]? Yes because the Nazis were butthurt bitches and used their perceived victimisation as an excuse to met out horrible torture, violence and dehumanisation. Hitler tried to have a guy in Italy bought to heel for making his dog do a Nazi salute FFS.