• @[email protected]
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      Friendly reminder that a defining characteristic of a fascist is drawing hard in-group out-group lines.

      (And another is the fetishization and glorification of violence against the out-group)

      • @[email protected]
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        71 year ago

        Wait, I’m even more confused. Are you saying the OP who posted is creating the demarcations for groups?

        • @[email protected]
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          101 year ago

          The person who I am directly replying to.

          But make no mistake, Israel is also fascist af.

          • @[email protected]
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            Wish there was common nomenclature for referring to posters or parts of a comment to make the context clearer. Friends say I am on the spectrum but the Psychologist said that doesn’t seem to be the case.

            Like, OP1 is lame, OP2 supports genocide, etc. to clarify within a thread without having to quote or @ which I find a bit clumsy and generally gets in the way of flow.

            • @[email protected]
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              21 year ago

              This sounds like a great idea!

              I’ll clarify, I’m just putting out a reminder that being fascist is not an inherent trait, like green eyes or dark skin. Literally anyone can fall into the trap of fascist thinking. The only way to be truly anti-fascist is to recognize the warning signs in your own thoughts and worldview.

              So centrism can sometimes be a trap, but don’t demonize the practice of seeing both sides. Taking a hard line with one sides is a step on the path to becoming a fascist.

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 year ago

                  For sure I think Nazis and Tankies are both gross, and I have a kind of out-group bias against them, but I never advocate for violence against them.

                  Except maybe punching Nazis, but nothing serious damaging or life threatening.

              • Cosmic Cleric
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                11 year ago

                So centrism can sometimes be a trap, but don’t demonize the practice of seeing both sides.

                Wise words.

                It’s how Peace is achieved.

                Taking a hard line with one sides is a step on the path to becoming a fascist.

                And War, and death.

            • Cosmic Cleric
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              21 year ago

              Wish there was common nomenclature for referring to posters or parts of a comment to make the context clearer.

              For comments, that’s how I do it.

              Throw one, too, or three asterisks around each side of the sentence you want to highlight.

              No need for special verbage or nomenclature. It’s done visually.

              • Karyoplasma
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                11 year ago

                There should be a distinction between the OP of the thread and the OP of the comment imo. It can get confusing.

                • Cosmic Cleric
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                  11 year ago

                  There should be a distinction between the OP of the thread and the OP of the comment imo.

                  OPT and OPC?

                  • Karyoplasma
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                    Something like that, yeah. Is that a thing already or did you just come up with it?

              • @[email protected]
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                Yeah I think what I dislike about that is it breaks up the flow of whatever I am writing. There’s a coherence that is lost.

                I’m accustomed to reading books or essays where there might be an excerpt, but more likely a paraphrase of what the author considers their opponent’s argument to be. This makes it helpful at times to pinpoint a misunderstanding in the author.

                But yeah, having consistent rules on the internet for posting is a losing battle I think. More or less thinking out loud, appreciate the comment.

                • Cosmic Cleric
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                  21 year ago

                  Yeah I think what I dislike about that is it breaks up the flow of whatever I am writing.

                  No, It doesn’t have to.

                  You can just write it out straight, without formatting, and then after you’re done that go back and add the asterisks to emphasize the parts that you want to emphasize, already having your thoughts jotted down.

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              Ah yes, the “I have a black friend” defense.

              I have Jewish friends, so I trust you won’t call me antisemitic for saying Israel is structurally racist and authoritarian.

              • EvilHaitianEatingYourCat
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                I just shown you a highly placed Arab state worker. show me a Jewish in West Bank, mind you?

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                  Why would a Jew choose to live in the West Bank when there’s a much more pleasant country next door offering them citizenship? Your analogy is so flawed I have a hard time thinking you’re making it in good faith.

                  • EvilHaitianEatingYourCat
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                    Well, according to your own words, Israel is a fascist state, hunting down Arab minorities. I have shown an example how a representative of an Arab minority has held an extremely high rank in Israel society, and I believe this fact undermines your claim, hence Israel is not a fascist state.

                • @T00l_shed
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                  Wasn’t Hitlers physician at one point a Jewish person? I don’t think one example is really all that telling.

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                21 year ago

                If you have a Jewish friends then you really aren’t anti semitic are you?

                Such a smooth brain comment.

                Not to mention a huge amount of Israelis themselves criticise the current government and what it’s done.

        • @T00l_shed
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          11 year ago

          That sounds like an “absolute” statement to me!

      • @T00l_shed
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        Would that still count if it’s “In group = civilians” " out group = organizations killing civilians"?

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