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Boy, 15, given official warning after saluting as neo-Nazis marched through Ballarat
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
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Imagine living in a police state.
Nazi Germany was, among other things, a police state.
Imagine that.
Gotta become the Nazis to protect yourself from the Nazis, right? What's that quote?
"Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”—Friedrich Nietzsche
You people really are ultra-keen on another era of fascism, aren't you?
Read and understand the paradox of tolerance before you continue simping for fascists. When they get into power, they won't browse Lemmy and check who's been good to them. They'll take your freedom, your human rights, no matter how much you fought for theirs.
Democracy is pretty much the only form of governance that can be used to dismantle itself. That's what happened in 1933. It's happening again. So it has to defend itself, and the first line of defense should be to not tolerate fascism. It's really not that hard. So next time, before you google a fancy Nietzsche quote, maybe go to Wikipedia instead and start in 1933, see how the fascist state came about that later brought war and genocide to the world.
I said nothing about being tolerant only not criminalizing it.
How you know it’s a failed rule is the Neo Nazis are still marching and the only who got in trouble is some random 15 year old.
Actually police states are a good thing
Sir, that is an unauthorized opinion. You're under arrest.
Wait no not like that