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What constitutes a "Nazi"? I remember when people were up in arms claiming that Jordan Peterson (who I do not support) a Nazi and trying to get him deplatformed
by richbell 3y ago
What constitutes a "Nazi"? I remember when people were up in arms claiming that Jordan Peterson (who I do not support) a Nazi and trying to get him deplatformed; there are countless other examples of people being branded as Nazis for being unpopular and distasteful.
- bb88 3y agoWhat constitutes a Nazi? Support for Adolf Hitler or his beliefs.
- richbell 3y agoHow do you reconcile witj people who define Nazi differently? Is Ron DeSantis a Nazi? Is Matt Walsh a Nazi? etc.
- bb88 3y agoI don't know, do they support Adolf Hitler or his views? If they don't then they're not, right? Sure people get "labelled" as Nazi's. It happens all the time on the internet. Hence Godwin's first law of flamewars.
- richbell 3y agoYou're ignoring my question. That's your personal definition of a Nazi, which I'd agree with; however, many people have much looser definitions.
- bb88 3y agoMerriam webster seems to agree with me. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi I think maybe where you went wrong was asking what a Nazi is and expecting someone to actually answer it.
- richbell 3y agoI'm not sure how to make my point clearer. I guess GOTO https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37316464 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37316464
- gruez 3y ago>I don't know, do they support Adolf Hitler or his views? Why yes I do support the autobahn and universal healthcare.