• krypt@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    unpopular opinion; I believe in the value of definitions of words. I’m not republican (shouldn’t matter) but by bending definitions of words like “nazi” - you’re diminishing the people who went through the atrocities of WW2

    Kind of similar to how you shouldn’t say “rape” for something that isn’t. in effect you’re diminishing rape victims

    “nazi” literally means a member of the far-right National Socialist German Workers’ Party. Fascist pigs? No doubt. Just don’t change history…

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        11 months ago

        how am I a right wing/troll account for commenting on how language is important

        the polarization here is unreal haha

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          11 months ago

          Sir/Madam, your post currently has no punctuation, or proper capitalization. If you’re going to be a grammar Nazi, you need to lead by example.

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            11 months ago

            Again - i was talking about the effects of not using correct language. Grammar like punctuation was not my point

            english isnt even my first language

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      11 months ago

      It is an unpopular opinion because many of them display swastikas and other Nazi symbols, praise Hitler, uphold the same supremacist beliefs, and have way too much in common with the Nazis. So calling them Nazis is accurate. It’s not really bending the definition.

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        11 months ago

        Are said republicans members of the national socialist german workers part? No.

        If anything - this minority of republicans you are speaking of should be called “neo-nazi”.

        must say I hit a nerve here, hence unpopular opinion. funny how automatically ppl assume I have an hidden agenda

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        11 months ago

        sure, for a smaller segment of republicans

        im criticizing the broad strokes ppl are making by correlating republicans to “literal” nazis