3 ms·

The air quotes around 'right' are interesting there. Yes, violence against Nazis and Fascists is acceptable. Do you disagree? I thought it was pretty much settl

The air quotes around 'right' are interesting there. Yes, violence against Nazis and Fascists is acceptable. Do you disagree? I thought it was pretty much settled, we did a whole world war about it.

schmidtleonard 9mo ago
WWII revisionism is back in fashion these days, even in spaces that historically would have been only mildly to the right of center.
some_random 9mo ago
The trouble with that logic is that we also had a fair few wars against Communists.
- riotnrrd 9mo ago
  We'll worry about that when the Presidency and both houses of Congress are controlled by the Communist Party
- jmye 9mo ago
  What is a communist? And before you respond with a tautology, I’ll just ask - what is communism, and when have we fought anyone practicing it? Surely you’re not using scare words you don’t understand. Right?
xp84 9mo ago
Problem is "Nazi" = "Anyone who disagrees with me" in most Left-friendly spaces today. For instance: https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/was-charlie-kirk-a-nazi-e7d5bd https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/was-charlie-kirk-a... None of his views had anything to do with Naziism but failure to fall in line with all of the Left's current positions makes one "a Nazi" to them. And yes, much the same way as right-wing extremists like to paint all 'liberals' as "gun grabbing Marxists." The difference is you can find a lot more liberals who would happily glorify Marx than you can find Americans of any party who would glorify the Nazi regime or its acts. In case it's unclear, I do not support Nazis either.
- jazzypants 9mo ago
  Charlie Kirk was not a Nazi, but he was definitely a fascist.
  - direwolf20 9mo ago
    What distinction do you draw?
    - jazzypants 9mo ago
      It's like a square and a rectangle. All Nazis are fascist, but not all fascists are Nazis. It's just like how I'm an environmentalist, but I'm not a member of the Green party. It may seem pedantic, but I find it's important to be exact these days because fascists love weaselly word games. Kirk was not a member of the National Socialist German Workers Party, but he shared the majority of their general beliefs and behaviors and those are undeniably fascist.

The air quotes around 'right' are interesting there. Yes, violence against Nazis and Fascists is acceptable. Do you disagree? I thought it was pretty much settled, we did a whole world war about it.

schmidtleonard 9mo ago

WWII revisionism is back in fashion these days, even in spaces that historically would have been only mildly to the right of center.

some_random 9mo ago

The trouble with that logic is that we also had a fair few wars against Communists.

riotnrrd 9mo ago
We'll worry about that when the Presidency and both houses of Congress are controlled by the Communist Party
jmye 9mo ago
What is a communist? And before you respond with a tautology, I’ll just ask - what is communism, and when have we fought anyone practicing it? Surely you’re not using scare words you don’t understand. Right?

xp84 9mo ago

Problem is "Nazi" = "Anyone who disagrees with me" in most Left-friendly spaces today. For instance: https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/was-charlie-kirk-a-nazi-e7d5bd https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/was-charlie-kirk-a... None of his views had anything to do with Naziism but failure to fall in line with all of the Left's current positions makes one "a Nazi" to them. And yes, much the same way as right-wing extremists like to paint all 'liberals' as "gun grabbing Marxists." The difference is you can find a lot more liberals who would happily glorify Marx than you can find Americans of any party who would glorify the Nazi regime or its acts. In case it's unclear, I do not support Nazis either.

jazzypants 9mo ago
Charlie Kirk was not a Nazi, but he was definitely a fascist.
- direwolf20 9mo ago
  What distinction do you draw?
  - jazzypants 9mo ago
    It's like a square and a rectangle. All Nazis are fascist, but not all fascists are Nazis. It's just like how I'm an environmentalist, but I'm not a member of the Green party. It may seem pedantic, but I find it's important to be exact these days because fascists love weaselly word games. Kirk was not a member of the National Socialist German Workers Party, but he shared the majority of their general beliefs and behaviors and those are undeniably fascist.