That's what you're complaining about? You guys are fucking lucky that people aren't just walking up to you and shooting you in the head. They aren’t human.

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[–] 70 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I agree. The complacent myth that the Nazis were subhuman monsters and not people like us is part of what got us this resurgence of fascism. We need to admit that the worst people are more like us than we're comfortable with.

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  • [–] 64 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I sometimes fear that
    people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress
    worn by grotesques and monsters

    as played out in endless re-runs of the Nazis.

    Fascism arrives as your friend.
    It will restore your honour,
    make you feel proud,
    protect your house,
    give you a job,
    clean up the neighbourhood,
    remind you of how great you once were,
    clear out the venal and the corrupt,
    remove anything you feel is unlike you...

    It doesn't walk in saying,
    "Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution."

    • Michael Rosen

    https://michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/fascism-i-sometimes-fear.html?m=1

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago

    If it wasn’t for that click noice meme, I wouldn’t have clicked this. I wouldn’t have read all of this man’s thoughts.

    To think he’s been blogging this whole time is unreal.

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