Random Rant: I feel like reddit died after they banned all the “unmoderated” communities. All the posts became sanitized. Now reddit is adding AI and streaks and NFTs to keep people on a platform that has no more content.
Random Rant: I feel like reddit died after they banned all the “unmoderated” communities. All the posts became sanitized. Now reddit is adding AI and streaks and NFTs to keep people on a platform that has no more content.
Most people talking about “punching Nazis” are advocating punching people who are certainly far right but who have not themselves committed or threatened any acts of violence.
The Nazis of the early 20th century were committing genocide and conquest, and the only way to stop them was through violence. But if you’re talking about “punching Nazis” in the context of the UK and Frogage, their odious policies are a long way from justifying threats of violence which are rightly not legal.
In the US where Trump is attempting a fascist takeover, time will tell whether it will take violence to dislodge. But from our position it’s easy to see why a lot of these people get banned.
The Nazis didn’t just appear in Germany fully formed. Read about The Weimar Republic in the 1930s.
We’re long past the “attempted” takeover.
The threshold of Nazi takeover could reasonably be taken to be the Enabling Act. There has been no equivalent in the US.
no ‘equivalent’
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-reins-in-independent-agencies-to-restore-a-government-that-answers-to-the-american-people/
yeah it’s not taking over congress, but it was another step towards eliminating checks and balances, one that should never had been taken and hasn’t led to anything positive
I meant to add more but was pushed for time. MAGA has not legislated its authoritarianism - not yet. So far it has been done by executive order and by judicial capture. This makes it hard to judge how resilient the USA will be to it.
They were nazis before the genocide and conquest
What a load of sludgy shit. “from our position” - this a group statement or…? Kinda seems like you got an AI to take your position and write a comment for you - what’s that called again? Nice prompt LLM master.
Firstly,
Know that do you? Besides, hate based on someone’s religion or ethnicity is an act of violence in of itself.
Beginning In the 1920’s and through the '30’s, years before the Nazis committed “genocide and conquest” the brown shirts and other groups walked through the streets of Germany intimidating and committing acts of violence against those they persecuted and those who disagreed with them. That’s where we are now - or at least where some want to take us - so yes, punch the shit out of Nazi scum and their sympathizers.
Curious, would you have stopped the rise of Nazism by asking them nicely?
Pull the other one. Violence has a meaning that every English-speaker understands, and hatred does not meet that definition.
Well, the KPD strategy of meeting them in street brawls went so well, didn’t it?
So, given that you just issued me a challenge about what I’d do, do I take it you’re out in the street roughing up anyone with a MAGA hat?
If not, then I think you actually understand and agree on a practical level: the situation in the US is not as clear cut as the fight against the Nazis ended up, and which people wish to invoke when they say “punch a Nazi.”
Answers no questions, half-quotes a statement to make a point, completely ignores getting caught using AI to write your comment then edits out the giveaway. Alright mate go ahead you’re doing a great job out here.
All your questions sounded rhetorical to me. I responded to what I had something to respond with.
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Are you OK? I haven’t edited any of my comments on here. Is the AI in the room with you now?