• Jin@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I hear often Nazi this Nazi that? I think it has lost meaning. Can you explain what Nazi is? Vs Nazi from like WW2?

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      1 day ago

      Some people wouldn’t know a Nazi if he was sending people to camps without trial, trying to outlaw the political opposition, fomenting a cult of personality, launching coups, oppressing the most vulnerable people, ratcheting up racist attacks, and threatening to attack Denmark.

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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      As a serious answer, Musk is into modern variants of eugenics and some scary techno-authoritarian stuff he shares with Peter Theil and other Silicon Valley royalty.

      Maybe he’s a techno-neonazi? That’s just semantics.

      His alleged Nazi salute is indeed kind of a red herring. But “Nazi” is an reasonable enough descriptor for his beliefs.

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        Note how Jin, the Nazi Defender (not a Nazi themselves, they just defend people who are justifiably called Nazis) won’t respond to your answer.

        One feature from Reddit I liked was the ability to tag people. Or maybe that was the reddit enhancement suite. But Jin would’ve earned himself a big red “Nazi Defender” tag.

        • stopdropandprole@lemmy.world
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          you can also tag people on Lemmy, or at least I can. look for the About User menu then “Add Tag” or “Tag user” from their profile

          • WetBeardHairs@lemmy.world
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            Hmm… I definitely don’t see an About user menu or Add Tag or Tag User on their profile. Maybe it has something to do with your lemmy browser.

        • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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          Nah its much simpler label than that.

          “Troll”

          The topic doesn’t matter, it more about fishing for provocation. In this case I couldn’t help myself, but… you know, don’t feed the trolls.

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      If you perform a Nazi salute, you’re a Nazi.

      Musk performed TWO Nazi salutes on national television during a presidential inauguration.

      Musk owns X.

      Anymore questions? Do I need to illustrate with crayons?

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        1 day ago

        Some would say a Roman salute 🫡 So anything else substantial? That can’t be interpreted as something else?

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          Italian here, Roman actually.

          The Roman salute has not origin in ancient history.

          It was formalized by Gabriele D’Annunzio, a sick fascist poet and writer, as a salute for his proto-fascist troops with which he occupied Fiume in modern-day Croatia, having been inspired this painting.

          So yea, the roman salute is a fascist salute, invented by a fascist, for a fascist occurrence and to call it roman is a disservice to Rome and history in general.

    • gradual@lemmings.world
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      The word ‘nazi’ has 100% lost its meaning.

      Might as well just be saying “I don’t like this person or group of people because they disagree with me.”