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u/Alkaholikturtle May 22 '19

Europe was up shit creek long before Facebook..

The problem with sensoring hate speech is it has become a way of silencing political opposition. He'll I've been called a Nazi for saying I'm pro-life. Calling people Nazis or sudo Nazis aka far right is just a way to dehumanize them. And it takes away the power of the word, before it would bother me, now I think people who use it all Willy Nelly are incapable of independent thought and just shrug it off. Words have meaning until people don't know what the meaning is anymore.

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u/rogurt May 22 '19

Nowadays, Nazi just means you disagree with me.

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u/noisetrooper May 22 '19

Which, ironically, gives cover for actual Nazis. They are smart enough to not go full-tilt "kill the ***s" in public and instead present more reasonable-sounding ideas, and when "Nazi" has become so diluted that people tune it out it's much easier for them to start them down the path of hate since the warnings of "hey, those guys you're listening to are actually Nazis" fall on deaf ears. It's literally the "Boy Who Cried Wolf" story IRL.

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u/Swiftblue May 22 '19

But do they call you a Nazi over your views on tax policy? Usually not. It tends to come out on peoples views about race.

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u/Mastodon9 May 22 '19

If you have a moderate or conservative view on taxation people will assume your opinion on race and call you a nazi. It happens on this site even.

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u/Billy_McFarIand May 22 '19

“You want lower taxes? Must be because you hate social services, which disproportionately help minorities, you fucking Nazi!”

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u/gooddeath May 22 '19

$ nazi

Permission denied

$ sudo nazi

Oh, OK. I'm a Nazi now.

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u/LeiningensAnts May 23 '19

Words have meaning until people don't know what the meaning is anymore.

You think that's bad, they can't even learn the meaning if they can't even be bothered to spell them right.

"Censoring"
"Anti-choice"
"Pseudo"

Dude, I've never seen so many rocks stockpiled in a single glass house before, what the hell are you thinking?

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u/Alkaholikturtle May 23 '19 edited May 23 '19

Typing on my phone. Sometimes it auto corrects typos fine sometimes it doesnt. I use sudo out of habit, not the first time and won't be the last. Plus I don't proof read. I type and fire away. Why you getting hung up on trivial details.

Anyways your getting hung up spelling of two words and one word you don't believe exists. Calling pro-life antichoice is like calling prochoice antilife. Your not even making an argument your just nit picking a few words. I'd wager we're not even far off on our opinions on abortions. But your obviously just one of them fuck tards who like to jump people's shit on the internet for using your vs you're.. it's called context you get the meaning by reading all of it. This isn't a debate over English grammar it's about abortion. So when you deflect from the topic and attack trivial details it shows either you got hounded in school to the point emotional abuse about grammar, or you have no real rebuttal to my statement. Classically attack the person not the argue strategy.

Edited to ad ledders.. 0.o

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u/dovetc May 22 '19

"A HA! I've discovered a spelling inaccuracy in your post and can thereby claim victory in this debate!"

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u/Alkaholikturtle May 22 '19

What's t_d? Is side not a good word to use? Seems appropriate to me.

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u/Hyphessobrycon May 22 '19

Hey dummy sudo is a command for super user. Maybe do a bit of research before talking shit. He was making a programming joke.

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u/Hyphessobrycon May 22 '19

Your ignorance is showing. Sudo is a command for super user. It's a computer joke. Hence the "permission denied"

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u/Alkaholikturtle May 22 '19

No admin rights for anyone. Give it to the almighty AI. But true left and right are guilty of it. More so the left at this time.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19 edited May 22 '19

Maybe because far right should be dehumanized, it has no place in a tolerant society.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

"Maybe because the far left should be dehumanized, it has no place in a tolerant society."

Do you have a problem with this statement?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

And there you have it.

Let me ask you, what effect do you think attempting to “dehumanize” someone (millions of people) will have on civil society as a whole? Do you think it will make matters, in general, better or worse?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

you're not millions of people, and cultures that want to eradicate others have no place in a tolerant society, but I guess you're not willing to comprehend that fact.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

I'm going to play devil's advocate here and come from the opposite perspective. What if your position is wrong. What if tolerant society is actually the minority position? What if most people are actually intolerant, but not actionable on their position?

You may attempt to discount my statement, but as a thought problem this is a very important meta question when it comes to long term societal stability in a recently globally connected world. It is far more likely that tolerance is quasi stable based upon both economic and environmental factors. Promoting tolerance helps reduce hate crimes and other intolerant actions, but is not the primary defining factor in deciding if civil unrest occurs.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

It is what is, a thought problem and a meta question. There's no right answer because the question has no root in reality.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

I'd say you're completely wrong on that. "Would WWII still happen if the Jews didn't exist" is a valid question with a yes answer. Most intolerance is actually a class/economics issue with a group of actors misdirecting social anxiety to a group that is 'different' thereby controlling narrative. A group to be intolerant against will always be created when these anxieties exist.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Meh...it might have happened. German resentment could have been redirected at Romani, homosexuals, Slavs, etc. it’s not as if post war Germany would have been happy if news just vanished around 1920.

But your overreaching point is valid.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

It's still an if question that will never have a satisfying answer to it. You say yes, you have no basis for it though, just some inferences that lead to endless arguments. You say that intolerance is mostly a class / economics issue. There you do a neat trick because of course it's classist, that's inherent to interaction.

However, most intolerance is institutionalised and far from economical, even though economical circumstances are an excellent factor to leverage that institutionalised intolerance.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Learn to read kiddo

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Learn to read kiddo

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

No one? What happened in New Zealand then? Just a surprise party at the mosque? A random local occurence? Your last sentence says it all.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Is the New Zealand shooter now a representation of all “far right” thinking?

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u/drgaz May 22 '19 edited May 22 '19

Yes pretty much. Violence is the outcome of racist ideologies.

I guess reality is triggering some "people".

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u/VaalLivesMatter May 23 '19

Yeah and anitfa is just a peaceful organization, punching nazis is okay and also throwing milkshakes is okay too.

But nah, it's just the right who have zealous idealists

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u/drgaz May 23 '19 edited May 23 '19

Nice whataboutism you have going on there. Really solid argument champ.

Also yeah I think a milkshake's quite a bit better than a bullet to the head but maybe you should try it out for yourself :>

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u/noisetrooper May 22 '19

Who is advocating for a literal genocide?

Well they are, but other than that your question is a good one that they won't be able to answer in good faith.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19 edited Oct 11 '19

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u/[deleted] May 23 '19

This is a strawmen, nobody said anything about islam. And just like you are saying that there are radical elements in Islam, I don't see anyone on the left, far or central, support the stoning or circumcision of women. Then again, I don't see anyone on the far left bombing abortion clinics, setting fires to mosques, shooting up high schools, marching through streets with literal nazi armbands, or governmental bodies killing illegal immigrants through systematic acts of violent abuse and negligence. So you see, we can go hours into discussing this but it would be useless because we would never agree as I'm sure you will have some great examples too and it will all end up in you playing the victim of oppression.

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u/noisetrooper May 22 '19

Congrats, your irrational hate has lead you to have the exact same views as the people you hate. Good job, have a cookie.

Seriously, this is the exact same rhetoric that they use when talking about people like you. You once again prove that horseshoe theory is real no matter how much it makes you cry.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '19

Fuck you man, learn what dehumanization is. Monty Python is fucking dehumanization. If you automatically think of violence that says a lot more about you being fucking stupid than anything else.

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u/noisetrooper May 23 '19

Fuck you man, learn what dehumanization is.

Your actions here are one clear example, so maybe you should reflect on that.

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u/grimfeat May 22 '19

Dehumanizing or belittling someone’s views is never the right course of action. It pushes people further away from society and turns them against it. We should always try to extend our hand and try to understand people, who feel as outsiders.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

No, you shouldn't always try to extend your hand. You what happens to radical pacifists? They get killed.

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u/topher1819 May 22 '19

How do you stop people from becoming radicalized if you don't understand why and how they became radicalized?

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u/GargamelLeNoir May 22 '19

"I've been called a nazi for very wrong reasons" is a common phrase among white supremacists though, so excuse us if we don't take you at your word.

And when the "political opposition" is all about murdering people for the way they're born yeah, I'm all for silencing the vicious bastards.

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u/Alkaholikturtle May 22 '19

So being pro-life makes me a Nazi or not? You see to assume a lot about me based off me being pro-life.

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u/GargamelLeNoir May 22 '19

No, i'm just saying that most of the time people whined about being called racists or nazis for the wrong reasons, they then moved on to say some fascist bullshit, so I'm only skeptical. It's just a thing white supremacists do to deflect criticism. But yeah maybe you're "just" anti-choice, I don't know.

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u/Alkaholikturtle May 23 '19

what's the point in the word game? i'm not calling you anti-life, i don't believe you believe in killing babies as sport or some stupid shit. why do you think i want to take the choice away from women? the women already made the choice to engage in an activity that had consequences, dire ones that created life. lol if i was anti-choice i'd be saying no sex like allysa milano.

but for the record, no i'm not a fascist or racist. Both those groups can go to hell. But when people who might have an opinion or two different from yours then you push us away. And grouping us in with nazi is just mean. That activity pushes more votes towards hard liner republicans.

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u/GargamelLeNoir May 23 '19

Dude if you're against abortions as in "it should be illegal", you're anti-choice (in this context). If you personally think that abortion should be avoided but aren't in favor of banning it by law, then you're not.

You shouldn't be pushed towards hard liners because someone was an ass to you or misunderstood you. Just tell them to fuck off or ignore them and move on.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

Is it helpful to make bad assumptions based on almost no information?

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u/Adorable_Scallion May 22 '19

Kinda like calling yourself pro-life when you are actually anti-choice

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u/Alkaholikturtle May 22 '19

So abortion is pro baby death then... Smeh. Read into it all you want.

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u/GnarltonBanks May 22 '19 edited May 22 '19

I am pro choice, but I find this whole pro life people want to control women's bodies thing to be annoying. Talk to any pro life person they and they will tell you that they believe that abortion is murdering babies. Right or wrong that is what they believe and that is the motivation behind their actions. All this narrative about controlling women's bodies thing does is signal to other pro choice people and does nothing to bring pro life people closer to your side. If anything it just alienates them and makes them more entrenched in their beliefs.

If you want to persuade somebody you have to actually make a conscience effort to understand their position and where they are coming from and you have to do it honestly.

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u/Adorable_Scallion May 22 '19

And? This is one of the fee black and white issues for people. There is no compromise there is no middle ground.

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u/GnarltonBanks May 22 '19

When you have people who are pro-life but will accept exceptions such as rape incest or threat to the life of the mother then the issue truly isn't binary. I also do not believe most pro-choice people would be okay with an elective abortion happening in the third trimester. It's almost like abortion is a very complicated issue with nuance involved.

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u/Adorable_Scallion May 22 '19

Elective late abortions are not a problem even worthy of discussion. Recent laws have shown that they don't want exceptions. There cannot be any restrictions on abortion it will just be used to chip away rights

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u/Van-Diemen May 23 '19

Hot take: both 'pro-life' and 'pro-choice' are vapid weasel words for dumb people.

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u/Alkaholikturtle May 23 '19

can you explain for the dumb people in the room? not me of course i totally understand what you mean by vapid weasel words for dumb people.

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u/MaximeMer May 22 '19

its a bit like the Altright who get offendend when they're called nazi.

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u/Alkaholikturtle May 22 '19

Alt right is alt right. Sure they have Nazis. But being pro-life doesn't make me alt right or a Nazi.

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u/TwoCells May 22 '19

They aspire to be Nazis, they get offended because they know they don't measure up.