• flandish@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    THIS YEAR there were folks in DC doing goddamn nazi salutes. And they have built a camp in FL. Are you, and maybe this is a big point… are you not american?

    Are Marxists not Marxist because Marx is dead?

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      12 hours ago

      Yes, and? Those were not the people the post in question was about. You just unilaterally declared the subject of that post a nazi, decreed that they’re not human (dehumanizing), and that they deserved to be imprisoned because of that. When other commenters pointed out how hypocritical your take was, you doubled down.

      The only thing the article mentioned about the guy was that he was a Trump voter. Yes, the nazi bar analogy exists but it’s also true that some people really are just that stupid or brainwashed or otherwise poisoned by the Kool-Aid. Wsa the guy a piece of shit person? Perhaps. Misinformed? Perhaps. An actual Nazi that deserves to be imprisoned or worse? That’s a wee bit of a dangerous stretch given that there was insufficient information to rationally arrive at that conclusion.

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          11 hours ago

          Possibly, yes. Resistance comes in many flavors. There are benefits to having people inside, whether that is to smuggle information, provide small comforts to those affected, be eyes and ears, etc.

          The point is you (nor I) do not know anything about this guy other than the bits in the article, and there is not enough information to merit a response such as “he is not human and deserves imprisonment or worse”. I’m not defending him specifically (again, insufficient info), but I am condemning you (and anyone else painting the world in such broad strokes) for throwing out assumptions, espousing dehumanizing rhetoric based upon those assumptions, and the hypocritical advocacy of imprisoning people you deem not human.

          TL;DR: You’re advocating the same tactics used by those you so abhor on a platform where the demographic calls each other nazis in the comments like it’s a cheat code to winning an argument. I’ve already explained why this rhetoric is dangerous.

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            11 hours ago

            scabs. they’re the equivalent of scabs. are scabs at a labor strike ok with you?

            i’d like to continue our thread here. i am starting to understand something about your train of thought. see my scab reply and let me know what you think there. or here. either way.

            to me, the logistics trucker that puts his humanity at risk by trucking for the nazi camps is … I get it. he’s working class, paycheck to paycheck… but that’s a formula we’ve seen before huh?

            a scab in a nursing home or shipping dept or air traffic control is the same formula.

            remember, what the first nazi cohorts did was legal when they did it. the camps. the logistics. all of it. (except for that long knives thing)

            are we to forgive folks just following orders? just getting by? maybe the trucker is more human than the director of the camp, sure.

            i am still going to remind him and others, for the rest of their lives, they supported this “legal” monstrosity of death.

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              I’m done. I’m fucking done. You’ve moved the goalposts so far beyond the original that I don’t think we’re even in the same state we started out in.

              Bottom line: You were espousing dangerous rhetoric given how flippantly people around here resort to calling others nazis (the subjects of articles and other users both). You can’t just deem/call someone a nazi and use that as an excuse for “anything goes”. I’ve explained how that is a dangerous cocktail.

              Say what you will. If it’s in violations of the rules, it’ll probably get modded. If the behavior repeats, you may get a ban. That’s not specific to you; it applies to everyone. In no way are mod actions here to be interpreted as anything other than maintaining a civil atmosphere and adherence to the community rules and the LW TOS.

              Don’t like it? Go over to YPTB and whine and spin another tall tale about how mods here are fascist bootlickers because we won’t let people screech for violence. Or you can go find another community that allows that kind of bullshit. Frankly, I don’t give a fuck.,

              I’ve explained the rationale behind the mod actions clearly and more than once. If you don’t get it by now, I’m not going to entertain you any further.