• Nougat
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      -1912 hours ago

      I’ve been calling out this fascism for years. Not sure how that makes me a dick, but okay.

      • @alexc
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        912 hours ago

        Maybe it’s not enough for you to call it out.

        It’s good that you do this, but other people need to learn to recognize it for themselves. I don’t see why images likes this would hurt. The only evil many of these people committed was not thinking for themselves and taking a moral stand. Instead, they got by as best as they could.

        I’m not trying to excuse them, but understand them, and that’s part of the problem right now. The current crop of right-wing idealogs think that nobody understands them, except for people like Donald Trump. That’s why the democrats lost.

        • Nougat
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          -712 hours ago

          People can only learn to recognize fascism if other people point to it and describe it where it exists.

          But that’s not enough. Please tell me what more I should be doing.

          • @alexc
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            612 hours ago

            Ask the people you label as fascists what they are upset about. Listen with empathy and not judgement. When I’ve done this, many are not as far right as they think.

            It’s not enough to judge people as fascists. Anyone who agrees with you is likely in an echo chamber, and those who disagree with you are in another one. This is what it means to know your enemy

            • Nougat
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              -611 hours ago

              Great, I’ll make sure to “understand” while they’re rounding people up and putting them into camps.

      • @Lennny
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        712 hours ago

        Be the change you want to see in the world