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Don't be shy - call it what it is - genocide.

by omonra 13y ago

rorrr2 13y ago
faschism = An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. Which fits the situation. Your genocide reference, an attempt to trivialize the above statement, doesn't even make sense.
- omonra 13y ago
  You have to accept that not everything happening in the world you dislike qualifies for fascism, genocide or equivalence to Hitler. Overusing these labels dilutes their 'brand', and then you don't have appropriate adjectives for real cases of fascism or genocide.
  - jlgreco 13y ago
    Over-application of "Godwin's Law" removes our ability to learn lessons from history. (Not to mention those sort of comments are nothing but unproductive comment sniping. They do absolutely nothing to further the conversation.)
  - ams6110 13y ago
    Rather than fascism per-se, actions like holding people without charge, perusing their personal belongings and papers without due process, and threatening families or associates, are the marks of totalitarianism. It exists on both the right and left ends of the political spectrum.
    - rolux 13y ago
      > It exists on both the right and left ends of the political spectrum. Even though those are relatively exotic forms, compared to the one that exists in the middle of the political spectrum.
- throwmeaway33 13y ago
  He was being sarcastic. This has nothing to do with the principles of fascism. It may be tyrannical, but tyranny != fascism
- skwirl 13y ago
  This is Poe's law in action.
GhotiFish 13y ago
People did not catch that joke. I think the issue was that you didn't go far enough. The internet has people who would say something like that and mean it. It wasn't absurd enough to be dismissed.
- omonra 13y ago
  Thank you :) I really don't know anything beyond genocide I could muster (we don't have a word for holocaust of entire humanity, do we?)
  - crgt 13y ago
    The closest I can think of: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Xenocide http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Xenocide
  - arcadeparade 13y ago
    Capitalism :p
- typon 13y ago
  Actually we did, it wasn't that clever or funny.

Don't be shy - call it what it is - genocide.

by omonra 13y ago

Don't be shy - call it what it is - genocide.

faschism = An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. Which fits the situation. Your genocide reference, an attempt to trivialize the above statement, doesn't even make sense.

omonra 13y ago
You have to accept that not everything happening in the world you dislike qualifies for fascism, genocide or equivalence to Hitler. Overusing these labels dilutes their 'brand', and then you don't have appropriate adjectives for real cases of fascism or genocide.
- jlgreco 13y ago
  Over-application of "Godwin's Law" removes our ability to learn lessons from history. (Not to mention those sort of comments are nothing but unproductive comment sniping. They do absolutely nothing to further the conversation.)
- ams6110 13y ago
  Rather than fascism per-se, actions like holding people without charge, perusing their personal belongings and papers without due process, and threatening families or associates, are the marks of totalitarianism. It exists on both the right and left ends of the political spectrum.
  - rolux 13y ago
    > It exists on both the right and left ends of the political spectrum. Even though those are relatively exotic forms, compared to the one that exists in the middle of the political spectrum.
throwmeaway33 13y ago
He was being sarcastic. This has nothing to do with the principles of fascism. It may be tyrannical, but tyranny != fascism
skwirl 13y ago
This is Poe's law in action.

GhotiFish 13y ago

People did not catch that joke. I think the issue was that you didn't go far enough. The internet has people who would say something like that and mean it. It wasn't absurd enough to be dismissed.

omonra 13y ago
Thank you :) I really don't know anything beyond genocide I could muster (we don't have a word for holocaust of entire humanity, do we?)
- crgt 13y ago
  The closest I can think of: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Xenocide http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Xenocide
- arcadeparade 13y ago
  Capitalism :p
typon 13y ago
Actually we did, it wasn't that clever or funny.