Can we call these people nazis, or would that also fall under “Oh you people call EVERYONE Nazis”

  • Llituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    you can call them nazis, but then you have to be prepared to actually explain to people why this makes them nazis. kind of a “boy who cried wolf” situation on that one.

    edit: to be clear, evilsandwichman asked if calling Hegseth a nazi is something that would result in “oh you call everyone a nazi.” i am answering in the affirmative, you should call him a nazi because he is, but you’re still going to have to explain to political normies why that is. because they’ll still say “oh you call everyone a nazi” even though this time it’s genuinely a hitlerian situation.

    • Kuori [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.net
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      then you have to be prepared to actually explain to people why this makes them nazis

      “they are gleefully waging a genocidal war against an innocent populace in the name of their white supremacist ideology” is gonna be enough for most people

      you could fit it on a button, even.

    • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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      but then you have to be prepared to actually explain to people why this makes them nazis

      We do, but when their eyes glaze over you realize they’ve stopped paying attention

      kind of a “boy who cried wolf” situation on that one

      Either you don’t know what that means or you think we’re calling tons of people nazis just haphazardly

      • Llituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        you think we’re calling tons of people nazis just haphazardly

        you have misunderstood me.

        i think the typical u.s. amerikkkan is too ignorant to distinguish between us and liberals. liberal imperialist and fascist imperialists have called everything from liberals to communists “nazis” for the last 70 years; this is ultimately what people mean when they talk about the normal person’s lack of response at just calling someone a nazi and moving on. it’s not inaccurate, but it still fails to be communicative to the typical u.s. amerikkkan.

    • Lussy [he/him, des/pair]@hexbear.net
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      kind of a “boy who cried wolf” situation on that one.

      Nah. The nazi accusations have been very appropriate. You xguys want to call it defangement syndrome but it was justified

    • I think the real “boy who cried wolf” situation happened back in 2016 with how Hillary supporters called Bernie bros racist and sexist which made those attacks completely ineffective against Trump and his actual racist supporters

      Of course liberals are doing the same fucking thing with that stupid election in Texas now