I never liked the analogy.

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[–] -1 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I feel like I'm stepping around landmines replying this, but I never liked the analogy either. It works fine at a small scale, and I'm fine with that, but everyone here wants to apply it universally at a macro scale to the point it's just ridiculous.

e.g. If a nazi moves in down the street, and everyone else doesn't up and move, regardless of their financial situation, you live in a nazi neighborhood. Guess you and your kids should just go live in your car because...moral purity or something.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Given the entire saying, you should be forcing the nazi out of the neighborhood; not moving away from them so their nazi friends can all move in after you leave.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    My statement, the original shower thought, was referencing how the entire saying got turned into a purity test for online spaces, not that I'm against Nazi's getting kicked out of bars.

    I'm using this account because I've been seeing, almost daily, someone calling this instance a Nazi Bar. I don't think the saying works for highly segmented online forums like these.

    I wonder why so many people disagree with the idea I'm putting forth that leaving a space because of one terrible person allows terrible people to take control of a space.

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