• loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      This is like saying “Everyone who’s ever called for genocide described their targets as bad people, therefore calling someone a bad person is genocidal ideology”. The word “degenerate”:

      • Doesn’t originate in genocidal ideology
      • Doesn’t have an intrinsically genocidal meaning
      • Has continuously been used in non-political contexts.

      If we keep banning every word of the dictionary that a nazi has ever used, fascists will end up the only ones able to talk…

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      10 months ago

      Degeneracy is always a Nazi ideology

      Degeneracy is the core ideology behind every genocide.

      Damn, I didn’t think I’d learn something new today, but as it turns out, the Ottoman genocide of the Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks and the historical Chinese genocide of the Dzungar and the more recent genocide of the Uyghur people were because they were thought to be degenerates by the ruling National Socialist parties.

      And here I was thinking ‘Nazi’ specifically referred to the Nazi Party members and modern white supremacists who support it, and not every nationalistic faction that has ever committed crimes against humanity.

      You may not realise it, but you water down the word Nazi when you brandish it so casually. When you go around saying everything is Nazi ideology, people won’t listen when something actually is.