Woozle HypertwinNov 30, 2022

Acid test for any social network or fedi instance:

If you say "fuck you" to a Nazi, who gets banned?

Show threadsvegressNov 30, 2022
@woozle You. Your language is the offense. You're the one who is making a judgement of what that other person is. Stay cool if you want to have a reasonable argument.
Show threadYohannonNov 30, 2022
@Svegress @woozle I don’t argue with fascists. That suggests that they have a viable viewpoint or argument to start with.
I punch them.
Show threadsvegressNov 30, 2022
@yohannon @woozle Judge not lest ye be judged also.
Show threadSpike-XDec 1, 2022
@Svegress @yohannon @woozle Fuck Nazis, and fuck you for defending them.
Show threadWoozle HypertwinDec 1, 2022

@spikex @Svegress @yohannon

Like, I don't want us to get to a point where one person can point at someone, yell "Nazi!", make the Donald Sutherland face from Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and then have everyone dogpile on that person.

My question assumes some level of reasonable diligence on the part of the Nazi-perceiver, and good faith from the majority/consensus.

Show threadsvegressDec 1, 2022
@woozle Putin claimed that the Ukrainian Government was Nazi. https://theconversation.com/putins-claim-to-rid-ukraine-of-nazis-is-especially-absurd-given-its-history-177959, He is seen by the Russians as a trustable responsible head of state...the body count of his labelling and subsequent action is now in the thousands.
Putin's claim to rid Ukraine of Nazis is especially absurd given its history

A Holocaust historian explains why Ukrainian history needs to be understood in terms of both past violence against Jews as well as the state’s pluralistic vision.

The Conversation
Show threadWoozle Hypertwin

@Svegress That's why I said reasonable diligence is important.

I suspect Putin would not last long in the fediverse; he'd end up on Gab or freespeach.social or whatever.

Dec 1, 2022 at 1:41amWeb
Show threadsvegressDec 1, 2022
@woozle True. Tyrants like him can only tolerate those who have the same opinions. The comparison of his regime and that of Nazi Germany is profoundly similar.