• BeamBrain [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Do liberals ever stop for a second and ask themselves why they keep ending up on the same side as the Nazis?

    • DragonNest_Aidit [they/them,use name]
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      3 years ago

      Liberals dislike nazis because they're rude folks who make them feels uncomfortable. Meanwhile, liberals HATE leftists because we're an existential threat to their very way of life.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    edit-2
    3 years ago

    if leftists did this to a Mein Kampf reading the cops would have been there in 90 seconds teargassing them while the NYT wrung its hands about political expression

  • AFineWayToDie [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    They can't even say "fascists." "Demonstrations by anti-Antifa groups..."

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It will be utterly meaningless but I will still enjoy thanking the libs for getting us all killed with this horseshit.

  • ThisMachinePostsHog [they/them, he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I have a friend who got mad at me when I called these guys Nazis. He was like, "They aren't 1940s German soldiers committing atrocities against Jewish people, and you pretending they are is honestly insulting af."

    I had to stop the conversation, because you just can't reason with that.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      They aren’t 1940s German soldiers committing atrocities against Jewish people

      Neither was Hitler.

      We're entering "How dare you call the Pope Catholic!" levels of cynical denial.

  • comi [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Carrying? That’s too much agency :meow-knit: in the presence of the flag containing swastika, which was witnessed nearby

  • MsUltraViolet [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    People in the replies literally "both sides"-ing this.

    Shit like "why people would want to cosplay as Stalin and Hilter in 2022 is beyond me"

  • marzimpan [any]
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    3 years ago

    whos to say? maybe they were in the finnish air force?

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Good point. Or they could have been Native Americans. Or Indians (from India). Or...

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      the ideology of the people interrupting

      How could we ever possibly know? They weren't reading books.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Oh just some "people" carrying a swastika and shouting slurs

    What a mysterious "group of people" whose affiliations shall remain unknown forever

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      A convo on the phone between an editor and the on-the-scene reporter.

      Editor "You used the word 'Nazis'. Why?"

      The reporter knows where this is going but she stands her ground anyway "They were carrying a Nazi flag. And yelling racist statements."

      "Wel..." The editor needlessly adjusts his glasses to show moral superiority even though the reporter can't even see him "Did you hear them say 'We are Nazis.'?"

      The reporter could 'hear' the glasses thing through the phone but she soldiers on anyway. "I did not but—"

      "Then you can't call them 'Nazis'."

      "What noun do I use?"

      "Clearly 'a group of people'. And then use what you said - 'They were carrying a flag with a swastika. And shouting racial slurs.'"

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Hitler gets into power and that editor is like "noted public speaker graciously accepts position as chancellor"

  • Crowtee_Robot [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Oh ok, it's just some post-Weimar enthusiasts. Nbd.

    spoiler

    :pit: :fash-bash: :nazi-punching:

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      Wait till a call is made to officers who arrive to kinetically ascertain the situation.

  • Torenico [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Well uh I'm a bit surprised this got into the news actually. And of course, NYT remains shit.

  • cybernetsoc [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Going ultra passive voice for fascism. Hitler was involved with a swastica related, death incident, involving large amounts of Jewish dead. Fighting occurred with Soviet forces, due to their opposition to policies, symbolized by the swastica.

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      They're getting another war and it could become a very big one. They must be so excited.

  • karl3422 [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    passive voice. You know in Chinese there's a specific word that indicates the sentence is in passive voice