Comment by thinkfurther
9 years ago
> Did not go well.
And you're telling me this, why?
> We should be careful to a) not call everything Nazi
Oh I see, that's why. Well, you should be careful to c) not confuse me with anyone else.
9 years ago
> Did not go well.
And you're telling me this, why?
> We should be careful to a) not call everything Nazi
Oh I see, that's why. Well, you should be careful to c) not confuse me with anyone else.
I understand how hard it is not to be overcome by annoyance right now, but regardless of wrong other people are, would you please not post things like this subthread here? It really just makes things worse.
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15032510 and marked it off-topic.
For those who downvote me: so you're actually believing I call "anyone I don't like" a Nazi? How fucking pathetic is that? And no I don't care about the votes, I just want you to stop and realize how incredibly dumb that is. This is a kindergarten level of discourse on a subject that ranks amongst the most important that even exist.
edit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_St%C3%BCrmer
That's where names like "Daily Stormer" and "Stormfront" come from. Educate yourself at least a tiny shred.
To be fair to the GP, I've, for example, seen/heard my friends and acquaintances call people Nazis for condemning vigilante violence (e.g. "punching Nazis"), the Berkeley riots, and Antifa protests.
I think the sentiment GP is trying to communicate is that many seem to throw the label out there without any further investigation as to whether its justified.
As for the downvotes, it might be because your comment came across very hostile.
Also, I agree that it's easy to see that the Daily Stormer is neo-Nazi type stuff.
> I think the sentiment GP is trying to communicate is that many seem to throw the label out there without any further investigation as to whether its justified.
That's great, but totally irrelevant here, in response to me, in this context. When I call a dog a dog, I don't care that sometimes, somewhere, other people call a vase a dog. And it's incredibly rich in the context of "free speech" and whatnot: what use is my right to free speech, when people then also have the "right" to just replace what I say with some other anecdote in their mind? What use is being allowed to ask a question when people then just talk to each other about anything but the question? The protection of free speech arose in contexts where people suppressed speech because they otherwise would have to face it. If people don't face it anyway, there's no need to suppress any of it. And congratulations, too.