Itā€™s one thing to have differing views, but Iā€™ve seen enough attempted reddit migrations to be relieved that the popular communities in the fediverse so far havenā€™t been about crazy racist stuff or other extreme right bullshit.

I am also glad that Iā€™m getting away from redditā€™s general political shitposting, which was more left leaning. You couldnā€™t have any proper discourse on there, and even I with my generally more left leaning views recognized that.

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      ā€œFar right buffooneryā€ starts with people batching about how theyā€™re being ā€œā€ā€œcensoredā€ā€œā€ for saying slurs or trying to have ā€œhonest conversations about raceā€ or whatever.

      Nip 'em in the bud and voila, no Nazis on your kbin.

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        Obligatory nazi bar story copypasta:

        I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, ā€œno. get out.ā€

        And the dude next to me says, ā€œhey iā€™m not doing anything, iā€™m a paying customer.ā€ and the bartender reaches under the counter for a bat or something and says, ā€œout. now.ā€ and the dude leaves, kind of yelling. And he was dressed in a punk uniform, I noticed

        Anyway, I asked what that was about and the bartender was like, ā€œyou didnā€™t see his vest but it was all nazi shit. Iron crosses and stuff. You get to recognize them.ā€

        And i was like, ohok and he continues.

        "you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and itā€™s always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you donā€™t want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too.

        And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now. And itā€™s too late because theyā€™re entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down.

        And i was like, ā€˜oh damn.ā€™ and he said ā€œyeah, you have to ignore their reasonable arguments because their end goal is to be terrible, awful people.ā€

        And then he went back to ignoring me. But I havenā€™t forgotten that at all.

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          thats weird. i never get called a fascist, and nobody i know gets called fascists, and iā€™ve never had to worry about other people calling me a fascist when i disagree with them. huhā€¦

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              iā€™ll drop the tone. iā€™ve looked at your other comments, have a general clue about what youā€™re about. iā€™ll just say this: there are specific patterns of behavior and ideas which are either attributed to or linked to the Nazi Party, or more generally to fascist ideologies, which have, throughout history, led to oppressive regimes. when people see these patterns or ideas expressed, there is a tendency on the left to reject these ideas because of that association, because they have proved to be potent tools for the spread of fascism, and encourage the dehumanization of minority groups.

              transphobia, and specifically appeals to the pedophilic nature of queer people? this is unambiguously Nazi shit. trans people were the some of the very first people the naziā€™s actually threw into concentration camps in nazi germany. this process included the burning of medical literature describing the proper treatment of transgender people. it also included the denial of an explicit description of the gender spectrum, as observed by medical professionals of the time. so if you are dismissive of or make a political issue out of trans identity, call queer people groomers, any of that bullshit, even if you are ā€œnot a naziā€, many of the information sources publishing anti-trans rhetoric today have explicit ties to real neo-nazi organizations, or are politically aligned with movements calling for the ā€œeradicationā€ of ā€œā€ā€œtransgenderismā€ā€œā€.

              to anybody with an education on the historical circumstances of Nazi Germany, this exact rhetoric and the modern political movement against trans people, is unambiguously mirrored by the actions of modern republican politicians, including legislating restrictions against cross-dressing (happened in nazi germany), restricting transgender medical care (happened in nazi germany), and revoking the ability for trans people to be recognized legally as trans (happened in nazi germany). people who are queer or trans both do not necessarily want to be confronted with this rhetoric wherever they go online, as it can be extremely distressing seeing people parroting literal nazi talking points in the modern era, and do not want that kind of rhetoric to spread, because it was nazi propaganda that lead to the execution of human beings.

              while theoretically somebody might ā€œmisuseā€ this label, call somebody a transphobe or a nazi when they arenā€™t explicitly talking about this stuff, you may be able to follow the logic from here. if transphobia, questioning the validity of transgender identity, calling for the restriction of transgender medical care, restricting access to books about queer people, if this has explicit links to nazi ideology and activity, what do you call people that want to open up a space for these people to spread their beliefs? what do you call people who accommodate or legitimize these beliefs which have led to the genocide of people groups? well, for a lot of people, if you accommodate the people who accommodate the fascists, that really isnā€™t that different from letting the fascists run about.

              maybe you donā€™t think of yourself as somebody who does that. maybe you really do think of yourself as a moderate who wants productive discourse, and believes that if everybody just talked to each other, all these political divisions would be easier for us to solve. for the people who would be impacted by the threat of violence behind these beliefs, that isnā€™t so easy. for the people who see the striking similarity between the modern transgender panic and the genocidal escalation of yesteryear, it isnā€™t worth the risk to allow in the would be monsters, willing to execute the people who are not like them, even if that means that some reasonable people are caught in the crossfire. hopefully that gives you at least some insight into why productive dialogue isnā€™t a very convincing argument on this side of the fence. youā€™ve called yourself a moderate in other posts. tell me, what is the moderate position between genocide and tolerance? between eradication and acceptance? if youā€™re moderate about that shit? well, that just sounds like bigotry to me.

              i would encourage you, if you arenā€™t just a nazi concern troll, to look into the Institut fur Sexualwissenschaft, and the history behind the persecution of transgender and gay people in nazi germany, and try to conceive of why people believe that they are right in rejecting those who display sympathy towards the right wing of the United States, especially in light of their modern retreading of old bigotry. i would love to give people the benefit of the doubt, and assume that they are truly just advocates for free speech, concerned about authoritarian censorship, all that jazz, but the content of what opinions people like you are defending the right to have are historically ruinous for minority groups, a harbinger of a horrifically violent regime which killed countless people, and burned the records of what had been learned about their humanity.

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          Thereā€™s a Lemmy instance perfect for you then: exploding-heads.

          We are more than welcome to decide what behavior is and isnā€™t appropriate in our own community. If you donā€™t like it, then you donā€™t have to be here. You arenā€™t entitled to our friendship.

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                Yes exactly. Both sides need to take a long look in the mirror and stop projecting their self hatred on the other side.

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              want a place free of authoritarian policies that donā€™t limit actual human discourse.

              Youā€™ve already been given a suggestion for just that kind of instance. If you want to see that kind of content, thereā€™s a spot for that.

              Or are you just upset that there are places who donā€™t welcome those kinds of dumbfuck takes? Is it that you want to see the content for yourself, or that you want to make the content and force everyone to see it?

              Either way, this instance isnā€™t the place for you. Exploding heads is. Go there, be happy.

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                The issue I have with this overzealousness to censor is that the people who are most eager to censor others, are often the most bigoted, hateful, and misinformed. The suggestion of going to exploding-heads is just dishonest. They are undeniably right-wing. What I wish for is an open platform where left and right can speak freely to each other in polite discourse, not simply just be exposed to whatever dogshit takes some far right people post. going to exploding-heads would then limit my ability to see other positions.

                Are you suggesting that I should have an account on each fediverse instance, just to get all of the content? If so, then what the actual fuck is the point of federation in the first place?

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                  What I wish for is an open platform where left and right can speak freely to each other in polite discourse

                  Oh, I see. Youā€™re delusional. You honestly think I should be having ā€œpolite discourseā€ with people who either want me dead, or are ok with voting for people who want me dead.

                  Because, see, whatā€™s left? What makes a Republican want to claim to be a Republican other than the culture war bullshit? What do they stand for? They havenā€™t stood for ā€œfiscal responsibilityā€ or ā€œsmall governmentā€ since W was in office. The straight-up write things like ā€œWe stand against teaching critical thinking in schoolsā€ (see: Texas GOP party platform) into their guiding documents. And you think theyā€™re going to have a civil conversation? You think I owe them a civil conversation?

                  Every server we allow those people on freely will become exploding heads or 4 chan. Go look at r/politicalcompassmemes if you need an example. I donā€™t know how many times we have to watch it happen before you get the picture, or maybe this is your first ever internet community experience. But youā€™re wrong. Their bad-faith rhetoric, carefully-stated death threats, and direct personal attacks will drive everyone who isnā€™t one of them away, leaving only Nazis. If the admins call them out and ban them for that stuff, theyā€™ll end up banning all of them and weā€™ll be having this same conversation. If the admins allow their speech, but donā€™t allow us to say ā€œFuck off, weeb, nobody likes youā€ without censure, then guess who gets to control the ā€œdiscourseā€? And if the admins donā€™t ban anyone for it, weā€™ll become Voat. Since only the slimiest members of humanity can tolerate that vibe for long, guess who ends up owning the server by default?

                  You wanna see that shit, you enjoy being called slurs and told to go kys, you are free to seek out the communities who will do that for you. But fuck all the way off with telling me I must put up with it, too.

                  Oh, I can block them? No I fucking canā€™t. I blocked you days ago, and your shit still shows up in my notifications. So, again, fuck off. If I have to listen to whatever dumb shit spills out of your brain, against my will, then you get to listen to my toxicity.

                  Are you suggesting that I should have an account on each fediverse instance, just to get all of the content? If so, then what the actual fuck is the point of federation in the first place?

                  ā€¦youā€¦ honestly thoughtā€¦ the fediverseā€¦ was supposed to be a centralized content aggregatorā€¦?

                  Whatā€¦ uh, so, whatā€¦ what do you think the fediverse is?

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                    You think I owe them a civil conversation?

                    I donā€™t think you owe anyone anything. I think that youā€™re in the wrong, and are an authoritarian tyrant and bigot yourself, if you try to shut down a conversation between two consenting people who are completely unrelated to you and arenā€™t addressing you. If you donā€™t wish to speak to someone, thatā€™s on you, feel free to ignore them or block them. But it says a lot about you if the second you run into a disagreement, or if you think someoneā€™s doing something wrong, instead of helping correct their behavior or ideas, you instead shut down the conversation and let them keep doing what theyā€™re doing. Do you have no feeling of obligation to help improve society? if not, Iā€™d say that puts you as worse than them. While they may be misinformed or perhaps hateful due to their ignorance, you are openly admitting that you donā€™t wish to improve society. Iā€™d much prefer a misinformed and ignorant group who want to do the right thing, than someone who neglects the possibility of improving society.

                    Every server we allow those people on freely will become exploding heads or 4 chan.

                    I thought ā€œreality has a liberal biasā€ and all that? Surely, if we allow people to discuss, to debate, to converse with each other, and to let everyone speak rather than a few, we should arrive at what is true, yeah? if youā€™re saying people will become conservative after fair uncensored debate and discussion, then surely they are right? No one is asking for 4chan. thereā€™s a difference between fair, uncensored, civil polite discussion, and shitflinging slurs around. exploding-heads themselves have a ban on slurs.

                    Go look at r/politicalcompassmemes if you need an example.

                    One of the best subreddits for actual discussion between people of differing ideas? Iā€™d prefer if more places where like that, personally. What issue do you have with them? Theyā€™re a meme sub but the civility there is awe inspiring.

                    Their bad-faith rhetoric, carefully-stated death threats, and direct personal attacks will drive everyone who isnā€™t one of them away, leaving only Nazis.

                    I canā€™t say thatā€™s ever been my experience in right wing spaces. Iā€™ve only ever had that experience in progressive spaces. Perhaps what youā€™re experiencing isnā€™t a problem with right wing people, but rather the hostility and polarization between two groups that are constantly at each otherā€™s throats because they refuse to hear each other out?

                    If the admins allow their speech, but donā€™t allow us to say ā€œFuck off, weeb, nobody likes youā€ without censure, then guess who gets to control the ā€œdiscourseā€?

                    Why do you feel that their insults shouldnā€™t be allowed, but yours should? Isnā€™t that unfair? Either we prevent all insults and have civil discussion (my preference), or we allow all insults from both sides. Surely thatā€™s fair?

                    You wanna see that shit, you enjoy being called slurs and told to go kys, you are free to seek out the communities who will do that for you. But fuck all the way off with telling me I must put up with it, too.

                    The opposite is actually happening here. You are trying to push your content preferences onto everyone else. All Iā€™m saying is: let the users decide. If you wanna block them, go ahead. Craft your own echochamber. But why should you being offended at civil discussion mean that no one else can discuss things?

                    Oh, I can block them? No I fucking canā€™t. I blocked you days ago, and your shit still shows up in my notifications.

                    Fair enough. This seems to be a bug then. I agree that should be fixed. blocking should prevent you from seeing the blocked content.

                    ā€¦youā€¦ honestly thoughtā€¦ the fediverseā€¦ was supposed to be a centralized content aggregatorā€¦?

                    My understanding was that Iā€™d sign up on a single site, and then have access to content from across the federated sites. Not: have to sign up an account on each individual site, and only see that one siteā€™s content. Isnā€™t that latter way just a centralized platform? where is the ā€œfederatedā€ part then?

                    Whatā€¦ uh, so, whatā€¦ what do you think the fediverse is?

                    Sign up on one site -> see content from all the sites. is this not the point of the fediverse? are you really saying the fediverse is: sign up on one site -> see only that siteā€™s content? because that just sounds like a regular centralized platform to me.

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                    Oh, I see. Youā€™re delusional. You honestly think I should be having ā€œpolite discourseā€ with people who either want me dead, or are ok with voting for people who want me dead.

                    have youā€¦ talked with them? I try to speak with everyone and pretty much none of them actually want me dead. If you want to talk about voting criminals into power, look at the democrat party, who legit rigged the 2020 election to vote a known pedophile rapist and warmonger into power. a guy who literally pushed racist and homophobic policy. a guy who literally is fighting to repeal racial equality. a guy who literally openly said heā€™d deny me healthcare. should we then shut down conversation with every democrat voter? why are you so eager to shut down conversation? do you not realize that creates echochambers, which increases the extremism and polarization?

                    Because, see, whatā€™s left? What makes a Republican want to claim to be a Republican other than the culture war bullshit?

                    If you actually spoke to them and tried to understand where theyā€™re coming from, maybe youā€™d learn that :) instead you choose to shut down conversation, ban them, censor them, any chance you get. So of course you donā€™t understand why they hold the views and say the things they do! you never listened to what they had to say!

                    Regardless of how offended you might feel or say you are, the reality is that there are actually decent points to be made by people in both major political parties; as well as the varying 3rd parties. Personally, I found my own view on things that matches neither cleanly, so whereā€™s that put me? should I just be on the side of censoring both democrats and republicans? or are you suggesting that anyone that holds any view other than your specific view should be censored and banned? is anything other than openly accepting and celebrating human sacrifice something that should be silenced, censored, and banned? serious question. is going against that ā€œbeing hateful and intolerantā€? where is your line? how about pedophilia? are people against pedophilia just ā€œhateful bigots who are intolerant and mean for no real reasonā€? where is your line?

                    The reality is that thereā€™s a lot of, and growing, opposition to progressive ideology because it is causing harm to real people. Surely, if something is causing harm, we should try to stop that harm? IMO the proper thing to do is to try and base our views on science (not feelings), and to try and heal and help as many people as possible reach their potential, while also avoiding societal setups that would inevitably lead to problems. Is this an unreasonable stance?

                    They havenā€™t stood for ā€œfiscal responsibilityā€ or ā€œsmall governmentā€ since W was in office.

                    I think youā€™ll find if you talk to a lot of registered republicans that they do actually hold those views, but that many of the establishment career politicians hold different views than the people voting for them. Ironically, people who are against sending obscene amount of money to ukraine are now called ā€œbigotsā€. so if they push for small gov and fiscal responsibility, theyā€™re a bigot. but if they donā€™t, theyā€™re a hypocrite? arenā€™t you being unfair?

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                Do you prefer having a centralized authority dictating your exposure to content? What prevents you from personally blocking instances you disagree with and allowing others to make their own choices? Is it possible that the idea of critical thinking is discomforting and itā€™s more convenient to be shielded from diverging opinions, rather than exercising personal discernment?

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                  Do you prefer having a centralized authority dictating your exposure to content?

                  Like, you mean, a website? Thatā€™s what you mean by ā€œcentralized authorityā€, right? A website? With its Terms and Conditions, following the applicable copyright and IP laws, following the relevant laws of the jurisdiction it operates in? Yeah, Iā€™m fine with that.

                  If youā€™re not, go to Exploding Heads. They welcome you. They want you.

                  We donā€™t.

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                    I donā€™t want exploding-heads. I would have blocked the instance myself if it hadnā€™t been blocked already. My issue is I donā€™t like having content blocked FOR me because Iā€™m a functioning adult that can make my own decisions about what I see and think. You should be careful with how quick you are to cede control of what youā€™re allowed to see to others. Might make you pretty susceptible to hate and give you a false sense of reality.

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                  Fuck off to your sad shithole, nobody has any obligation to be nice to Nazis. To the contrary, every decent person should feel obligated to strongly tell them to fuck off. You donā€™t have a space here, we donā€™t want you here, you are not welcome.

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                    Iā€™m not talking about letting nazis be here, Iā€™m talking about not calling everyone you donā€™t like nazis.

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                    The problem here is what gets defined as bigotry and who gets to define it? I was called a nazi for expressing the same opinion Iā€™m expressing here. Do you think that might be a bit much? How long until the bubble of acceptable thoughts and opinions shrinks so much YOU get defined as a nazi?

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                    Who defines what counts as ā€œbigotryā€? I think the guys over at beehaw are extremely bigoted. does that mean that we should prevent everyone from speaking with them simply because I think theyā€™re bigots?

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                  The community itself is kindly asking you to fuck off with its comments and downvotes, no central authority needed

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                    This is the approach I support. donā€™t like certain content? block, downvote, move on. donā€™t demand that everyone else be prevented from seeing it.

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              If me and you are having a discussion, but the topic is the fact that I want to kill you, how long will it take before you stop wanting to talk to me?

              ā€œBut itā€™s just words!ā€

              Well, we know thatā€™s not true, so how long would it take before you stopped wanting to be around me?

              Oh, also I promote pediphelia. Just as a little fun thing. Just the casual story of raping kids.

              I get the appeal. I do. I 1000% do. I get it. But also fuck Nazis. I donā€™t want to be around them. Iā€™m gay, so they donā€™t want to be around me. Fuck pedophiles. I donā€™t want to be around them. So if a site is filled with Nazis and pedophiles, Iā€™m gonna go to a different site. Now you have an echo chamber of Nazis and pedophiles. The thing you wanted to avoid. But youā€™re stuck with only talking to Nazis and pedophiles.

              Meanwhile the bubble without Nazis is a really large bubble encompassing everything except Nazis and pedophiles.

              Which hardly looks like a bubble.

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                Iā€™m not advocating for unchallenged platforms for nazis. What Iā€™m concerned about is the dangerous broadening of the term ā€˜naziā€™ to include any viewpoint differing from oneā€™s own. Neither you nor I hold all the answers. However, Iā€™m not the one categorizing wide-ranging groups as ā€˜nazisā€™ to conveniently dismiss dissenting views, while complacently considering myself superior to all those being arbitrarily mislabeled as ā€˜nazisā€™. It SERIOUSLY weakens your entire argument when you throw that word around so carelessly.

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                  Well we donā€™t use it for just anyone who has any different opinion. So the problem right there is solved. We do use it frequently. But thatā€™s when we see thing like homo/transphobia(Nazis hated queer people), antisemitism(another group Nazis hated), racism(also Nazis), and sexism(once again, Nazis). There seems to be a pretty fucking large overlap of what modern day Republicans preach and what the Nazis preached. Including as of lately ā€œeradicating transgendernessā€ and ā€œerasing communities.ā€ As well as the amount of terrorist attacks that ha e actively been encouraged.

                  So if you would prefer we could just call everyone bigot, since that includes them all and not everyone personally considers themselves a Nazi, but I hardly see the difference between a Nazi, the KKK, Proud Boys, 3%ers, etc, when they all preach the exact same stuff. At that point youā€™re not arguing anything except semantics. Itā€™s like the whole ā€œrace realismā€ thing. Itā€™s racism, but more palatable to racists who think the name racist is mean, but not the mentality.

                  I guess another way to look at it is as people keep bringing up, but thereā€™s a German saying about this. If you have a table with 9 people and 1 Nazi, you have 10 Nazis.

                  This also doesnā€™t change the actual argument being made, which is about a forum that is open. In which case, you do get Nazis. Like not even what we mean when we call Nazis as Nazis, but people who call themselves Nazis. We have seen that over and over and over. You get Nazis, and you get pedophiles. Then everyone else starts to leave and you are stuck with Nazis and pedophiles.

                  So once again, I get the mentality behind it. In a lot of ways I would love a site like that. But itā€™s also a little different for those of us that are having people call for our deaths on a regular basis.

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            How do we define ā€˜naziā€™ and who is the authority that applies that label? If the word ā€˜naziā€™ is carelessly applied to anyone exhibiting even slightly right-leaning tendencies, it diminishes its significance and undermines your credibility. This kind of naive approach and severe lack of nuance will lead to an intolerant echo chamber.

            Fuck nazis, but also fuck anyone who dilutes the meaning by inappropriately labeling any viewpoint they donā€™t like as nazism or fascism.

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              Carefully, on a case-by-case basis; and the community.

              Itā€™s not nearly as complicated as it seems on the surface - and youā€™re trying to make any definition of ā€œnaziā€ as complicated as possible, because youā€™re wanting to delegitimize any rejection of nazis or nazi speech.

              Remember how you said you donā€™t care if people like you, you just want to push your topics on other people?

              it diminishes its significance and undermines your credibility.

              No one cares if the Nazis think theyā€™re ā€œcredibleā€ or not. Each and every one of them will tell you theyā€™re not a nazi and they ā€˜hateā€™ nazis - while defending themselves and their nazi buddies from critique by insisting the label for their ideology is, for example, ā€œcheapenedā€ if applied to anyone who is not a card-carrying, armband-wearing, farcical exaggeration of stereotypical Nazis in full Reich dress regalia.

              They always send the clean cut, quiet, polite one in first. And that guy puts a foot in the door, argues that their pals arenā€™t really nazis, and that everyone in the room are the real baddies for judging those other guys unfairly - and tries to pry the door wider so their Nazi buddies can come in. Sure enough, every time, you let enough nazis in the room and the room is a nazi space now - so the whole gang of them donā€™t have to pretend at being polite non-nazis anymore. The polite veneer, the deep care for ā€œdebateā€, and ā€œrespect for all viewpointsā€? Those are all just tools, trying to whitewash and re-legitimize an ideology whose end goal is harming other people.

              Notice how Iā€™m casually referring to you like youā€™re one of them? Thatā€™s not some wokist over-use of the term. Youā€™re standing here defending them, youā€™re trying to shove a foot in the door for them, laying down apologia for their views and their right to share them - youā€™ve spent like a week around the Fediverse arguing against any actions that have served to limit Nazis access to polite and adult spaces within the Fediverse as a whole. I donā€™t care what you believe about yourself, or your views, or your ideology.

              If youā€™re going to stand with Nazis, if youā€™re going to stand for them, consistently and repeatedly - donā€™t get all offended and playact at being victimized when people assume that you are a member of the group you chose to stand with.

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                Iā€™m not aligning with nazis, but advocating against the misuse and overuse of the term (which is utterly rampant here). The problem with using such powerful labels casually is that it muddies the waters and blurs lines that should be clear but now arenā€™t precisely because of the misuse of the term. Itā€™s this very misuse that is leading to misinterpretations, such as the one weā€™re facing here, where Iā€™m inaccurately labeled as standing with nazis. My stance is about nuanced understanding and precision in communication, not about sympathizing with hate ideologies. I am defending thoughtful dialogue, not nazis, and itā€™s important not to conflate the two. Since everyone is so happy with misusing the term, what are we going to call ACTUAL nazis so that we can differentiate people you disagree with and ACTUAL FUCKING NAZIS. The semantics youā€™re playing with are a dangerous game, and do nothing but prove my point.

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                  1 year ago

                  Youā€™re aligning yourself with nazis while engaging in sophistry to pretend that neither you nor they are nazis.

                  All these wild mental gymnastics to explain how itā€™s not like that, or the farcical posturing of academic exactitude and ā€œnuanced understandingā€ - those are the exact same shit as nazis sending in the quiet well-spoken guy to break the ice and get a foot in the door.

                  Youā€™re doing triple overtime to figure out ways to argue compassion for cryptofascists and nazi sympathizers, while going even further out of your way to avoid having the faintest shred of empathy for people who simply want nothing to do with any of that bullshit.

                  You can call them whatever you want. You donā€™t get to demand that we call them what you want us to. You donā€™t get to demand that we ignore your choice to align yourself with them, to defend them, and to try and make their views sound more palatable and more reasonable than their end goals.

                  Since everyone is so happy with misusing the term, what are we going to call ACTUAL nazis so that we can differentiate people you disagree with and ACTUAL FUCKING NAZIS.

                  I completely understand that you absolutely refuse to get it and will continue to avoid getting it forevermore - but Iā€™m going to say it for the rest of the room anyways.

                  Those guys are the ā€œACTUAL FUCKING NAZISā€.

                  They just understand that pretending that theyā€™re not is the only way to get through the door of spaces dominated by the reasonable mainstream theyā€™d like to sell their ideology to. They know that the reasonable mainstream wants nothing to do with ā€œACTUAL FUCKING NAZISā€ so the ā€œACTUAL FUCKING NAZISā€ dress up as the people youā€™re currently defending and trying to make this conversation about. And anyone in that group that youā€™re trying to defend the nazis by pointing towards, any single person among them who doesnā€™t want to stand with nazis - changes where they stand so that theyā€™re not with the nazis anymore. Youā€™re staying still while trying to defend that decision.

                  The ā€œACTUAL FUCKING NAZISā€ donā€™t dress up in SS Uniforms and ā€˜heilā€™ each other in the comments sections - they pretend to be reasonable mainstream people and in order to present their views and their talking points wrapped in rhetoric that masks its nazi roots. They want to win over the mainstream, they want to convince people theyā€™re ā€œon toā€ something, they want to exploit our willingness to engage in discourse to sell their views and advance their ideology. They are not here to engage in debate - the debate is merely a vehicle towards seizing power and then acting out an ideology of violence and hatred.

                  Iā€™m not ā€˜playing semanticsā€™ - Iā€™m not even engaging with yours.

                  We are not going to split hairs and massage academic definitions until ā€œACTUAL FUCKING NAZISā€ arenā€™t actually nazis anymore. Either youā€™re a useful idiot and not qualified to try and talk down on folks about the intricate semantics of ā€œnaziā€ - or youā€™re actually on their side.