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byronius

(7,391 posts)
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 02:34 AM Dec 2016

Is it wrong to call the friend of a Facebook friend a Nazi? I did that today.

Don't know him. Don't want to know him. Don't even know her, but she's an excellent progressive and a great artist. And he popped up on a post she made today and told her that he loves her art but get over it, Trump won.

'There's no racism or misogyny', he writes. 'So you can't use that,' he said.

And the N-word just flowed from my fingertips to the very first comment box. Just that one word.

And sure, it got a lot of likes. She's got a lot of progressive friends. And I thought about it all day -- this guy I don't know -- jesus, maybe it's her boss or her neighbor, someone she actually sees every day --

Yeah, wrong one way. In the larger sense -- the Burn It All Down With Vlad Crowd that are fronting for the tide of human blood coming our way --

I don't know. Maybe if some of those early Weimar Republic Democrats had bared their teeth in public instead of letting the fuckers grab the stage forever there might have been a few less metric kilotons of human ash back in those days.

'There's no racism or misogyny', he writes.

That man's living inside of Fake News. I can see that whole world through those five little words there.

And I only have one word.

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Is it wrong to call the friend of a Facebook friend a Nazi? I did that today. (Original Post) byronius Dec 2016 OP
If the... 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #1
I told some woman TBA Dec 2016 #2
Nope MFM008 Dec 2016 #3
Had They Actually Ever Gotten Over Obama. . . ProfessorGAC Dec 2016 #9
That'll teach em' ileus Dec 2016 #4
I think Dorian Gray Dec 2016 #5
I think the best reply is to point the guy to the hundreds of documented instances mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #6
I posted to a Trump group MountCleaners Dec 2016 #7
If it looks like a duck... neeksgeek Dec 2016 #8
Depends on the impression you wanted to make on him, her, and her friends FarCenter Dec 2016 #10
I felt the same when my mommy brought me a plate of nug mugs. AngryAmish Dec 2016 #11

ProfessorGAC

(64,851 posts)
9. Had They Actually Ever Gotten Over Obama. . .
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 09:10 AM
Dec 2016

. . . they would have a leg to stand on. But, it's clear that they don't walk their talk.

Dorian Gray

(13,479 posts)
5. I think
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 07:53 AM
Dec 2016

rather than calling the man a nazi, which is name calling in response to what he said, prove him the FUCK wrong.

There are many instances of racism and misogyny. It should be easy. Take a moment, thoughtfully write out a number of reasons where he is absolutely wrong, and tell him that he sounds ignorant making concrete statements like that.

mnhtnbb

(31,373 posts)
6. I think the best reply is to point the guy to the hundreds of documented instances
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 08:04 AM
Dec 2016

of harassment and worse since the election. Put the evidence right in someone's face.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hate-harassment-incidents-spike-since-donald-trump-election/

The Southern Poverty Law Center keeps track of hate crimes

https://www.splcenter.org/20161129/ten-days-after-harassment-and-intimidation-aftermath-election

MountCleaners

(1,148 posts)
7. I posted to a Trump group
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 08:10 AM
Dec 2016

And asked if they condemn the racist acts done in Trump's name. Since many of the posters there are theocrats, I reminded them that racism is a sin, and that it is a sin to stay silent when others make racist posts.

What I got in response was some guy telling me that he will use the "n-word" (the racial slur) as much as he likes, and that I "should try walking in a n----- neighborhood and see what sort of reception I get."

No one condemned the remark. They never do.

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