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In reply to the discussion: HBO Vice Embedded A Reporter With The Charlottesville Nazis [View all]Saviolo
(3,280 posts)It's mind-boggling.
Listen: If you want to engage in a political debate, that's great. "We need to raise taxes" vs. "We need to lower taxes" is a political debate. There are points to make on both sides of that debate. Whether or not you believe that cutting taxes will help is a economic political position, and I'll happily debate with someone who wants to have that talk.
"We need to raise taxes" vs. "Some groups of people need to die because they're sub-human" is NOT a political debate. There is no discussion to be had there. Even "We are all humans and need equal rights" vs. "Some groups of people need to die because they're sub-human" is not a debate. There is nothing to discuss here. The nazi ideology that Jews, POC, LGBTQ+, and disabled people are worthless or subhuman has no place in any civilized discourse.
"But they're not REAL nazis! They're only waving the flag because people CALLED them nazis! It's ironic!" Sorry, but absolute bullshit. Bullshit of a stripe that has rarely been seen, ever. Mind-bogglingly disingenuous bullshit. If they had a shred of human decency, they would recoil in horror at the very idea of waving a nazi flag or screaming a nazi chant. They own it, they wallow in it.