• @Serdan@lemm.ee
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      42 years ago

      I have this theory that people who complain about everyone being called nazis, have themselves been called a nazi.

      Why do people call you a nazi, hmm?

      • @feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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        -12 years ago

        That’s literally never happened, so I can’t answer. I’m basically a Marxist, though I’m not especially attached to that as an identity.

            • @Serdan@lemm.ee
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              12 years ago

              I’ve made you aware that claiming the word “nazi” doesn’t mean anything anymore is a thing nazis do.

              Do with that what you will.

              • @jerdle_lemmy@lemmy.world
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                -22 years ago

                The word “Nazi” and especially “fascist” have been diluted into “bigot” at best and “person I disagree with” at worst. The right are just as bad with “communist” and “socialist”, although with the difference that socialism is a perfectly decent ideology, and even communism isn’t as bad as fascism.

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              12 years ago

              Ahh gotcha. I meant it though it wasn’t rhetorical, I will answer questions.

              • @feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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                2 years ago

                No, I’m fine with that definition, that’s a sane use of the term. Part of me thinks we’d be better off reserving “nazi” for those who openly align themselves with the historical group and just use the descriptor “ultranationalist” for modern instances of ultranationalism. Might reduce equivocation.

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          2 years ago

          Antifa are not ultranationalists. The vast majority are anarchists and communists, which are internationalist ideologies. Literally the polar opposite.

        • @feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          You could call them an authoritarian paramilitary group, but they’re not nazis. That doesn’t automatically make them good, it’s just that nazism is a specific political ideology.

          • mycorrhiza they/them
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            22 years ago

            Half of them are anarchists, calling them authoritarian is a grandpa’s facebook-tier understanding of the situation

            • @feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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              -22 years ago

              I’ve yet to meet an anarchist following anything like a coherent ideology in that respect. They all seem very eager to impose themselves on others. I suppose one guy took a more academic position, but still seemed to idolise violence. Maybe the authority is decentralised, but frequently wielded as explicit force. Not far from libertarianism in that regard. Doesn’t appeal.

                • @feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world
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                  02 years ago

                  Cluster munitions, for all I care. What’s that got to do with anything? I was explaining my use of the word authoritarian. I’d make them illegal, if I were in a position to do so. But my place in society is installing irrigation and water management systems, I have to focus on that.

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                    [reposting this comment, last one apparently never made it over to lemmy.world]

                    What’s that got to do with anything?

                    Stopping nazi rallies is the main thing antifa does. You seem to oppose them doing it.

                    I’d make them illegal, if I were in a position to do so

                    But you’re not. None of us are. So that leaves what other options?