Tristan SnellNov 12, 2023

“This vermin must be destroyed. The Jews are our sworn enemies, and at the end of this year there will not be a Jew left in Germany.” — Hitler, 1939

“We will root out the Communists, Marxists … and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within … our country.” — Trump, today

Show threadFirefighterGeek Nov 12, 2023

@tristansnell Not all fascists have to be compared to Nazis. The Nazis were fascists, for sure -- but fascism is bad enough on its own.

Kids aren't learning just how fucking evil the actual Nazis were. They aren't learning about actual fucking traincar loads of people, with 13 million of them shipped to camps where they were systematically incinerated or shot to fall into mass graves they had dug themselves at gunpoint.

Let's save the Nazi comparisons for actual fucking nazis.

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@FirefighterGeek @tristansnell they didn't fill the trains on day one. It is a process that takes time and similarities (like dehumanizing wording by a leader) are strong enough to flag as the direction we are going. If you are going to wait till you see the trains, I'm sure you'll find other excuses then too.
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@FirefighterGeek @tristansnell also, Godwin himself allowed it a while back.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/08/14/the-creator-of-godwins-law-explains-why-some-nazi-comparisons-dont-break-his-famous-internet-rule/
The creator of Godwin’s Law explains why some Nazi comparisons don’t break his famous Internet rule

"I have been very careful to avoid policing how people invoke it,” Mike Godwin said. “But this was a no-brainer.”

The Washington Post
Show threadFirefighterGeek Nov 12, 2023
@alper @tristansnell not universally, but where it makes sense. In most of these cases it doesn't.
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@FirefighterGeek @tristansnell You responded to a specific post with the words of the ex-president that the Nazis in that article (and Godwin in his tweet) are following and nobody has any doubt that he's speaking to them. Like he did "stand down and stand by" etc. If he's not just followed by Nazis and also leading them, well, he's the leader of Nazis. And by Nazis I mean the less shy ones literally carried swastika flags, I don't know what you're objecting to. It is a movement.
Nov 12, 2023 at 3:29pmWeb