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If there are 10 nazis at a table and you decide to sit among them, there are 11 nazis sitting at that table.
So you think Deeyah Khan is a Nazi?
(I’d encourage anyone to watch White Right: Meeting the Enemy if you haven’t seen it.)
Out of curiosity, let's say a man needs a place for sleep, and for get one, he decides to help out a nazi, for example by fixing their long distance radio, would you call this person a nazi,@[email protected] ?
Why couldn't the man go to a homeless shelter, or a church, or a bus stop, or a park bench, or literally anywhere other than a Nazi's house? Also, what does a Nazi need a long distance radio for? Maybe by fixing it and not asking questions he's helping them coordinate with other fascists to hurt and kill people. Is that worth a place to sleep for a night? Is it worth a few bucks if you're not homeless but actually a wealthy business owner who can do as they please?
The man I mention in my post is this guy As he was visiting the french riviera gathering intels for the british intelligence, he got in the situation I described in my previous post.
Did you bring him up because you believe Hamish MacKenzie is doing some kind of anti-Nazi spy operations nobody else knows about? Because the contexts here are so different that they're only tangentially related.
Just an example that "If there are 10 nazis at a table.... " has plenty of exceptions, like Daryl Davis with kkk members.
So do you want the saying to be "if there are 10 Nazis at a table and 1 person who isn't a Nazi, then there are 11 Nazis at a table, unless the 1 person is actually an anti-Nazi spy, and then it's okay, and also there are probably other exceptions"? Or do you think maybe that saying was obviously never intended to apply to that the first place?
"No no, but what if the guy is just, like, at the table because he's Nazi- curious but kind totally didn't kill anybody and probably wouldn't but also the Nazis make good points about stuff so he can totally sit there, but he's not a Nazi! See? There are exceptions!"
-that guy, probably
Sounds like someone agrees with nazis but doesn't like being called a nazi.
The very occasional exception to the saying doesn't make the saying less applicable in this particular situation.
A lot of people died rather than help them so yes I would judge the shit out of someone that helps a nazi knowing full well what they are.
The person I mention in my previous post, is this man. As he was along the french riviera, looking for intels, he ended in this situation, that there was no vacancy in hotels, and he finally got a hotel room, by fixing the long distance radio. How do you judge the shit out of him, by curiosity ?
Nazis don’t deserve help. They fundamentally are antisocial in their ideology. By helping them, you aid a Nazi. Why would you willingly help a Nazi?
Who the fuck feels safe sleeping among Nazis? That's a good way to get robbed.
Hearing some one out and not changing your viewpoint after the conversation, doesn't make you one of them. 🙄
Thing is, we've heard out the nazis before. We don't need to do that anymore.
I like Michael Okuda's take on this:
(twitter link)
Personally, I think there's some value in allowing the Nazis to publicly self-identify, because then we know who the Nazis are. We (society) don't need to tolerate what they say just to prove that we're tolerant, but it's probably useful to know who they are, and for them to volunteer that information. Then we respond with public ridicule and name-and-shame.
Also, that doesn't require that a privately owned business (e.g. substack) should provide a platform for Nazi bullshit.
Michael Okuda is one of the great contributors to design thanks to the influences of Star Trek: The Next Generation and later shows- he was behind a lot of the look- and almost no one knows who he is. It's a real shame since, as you showed here, he's smart in other ways too.
There are some things not worth listening to. Not all opinions are created equal.
Nazi lives don't matter.
Zero tolerance for nazis. Zero.
Agreed. However, providing a platform for hate speech is no different than condoning it.
My viewpoint is that I dont have any obligation to "hear out" a nazi. And neither does anyone else. GTFO with this "even nazis should be given a fair shake" shit.
-Dril
When it comes to listening to hate speech and not condoning it outrright then and there, even if you don't explicitly support it, it does make you complicit, and it shows you're willing to turn a blind eye to it, and that speaks negatively to your character.
Don't be a Nazi sympathizer, don't let them off the hook, don't let them spread their hate and lies. You disagree with Nazism? Then don't give it even an inch to spread. Kill it in the cradle.
No, but thinking a Nazi has valuable information to offer is sus.
Big difference between having a conversation and having a media company distributing propaganda.