• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
    29·
    5 months ago

    I just want to point out that not all fascists are Nazis. Can I point that out without getting crucified?

    I will clarify that if you’re any kind of fascist, you’re a trash person, doubly so for Nazis specifically… But not all fascists are Nazis. Which the OP chart seems to imply.

    To drive my point home, I’ll quote Wikipedia: fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.

    Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

    Nowhere in there does it say that fascists are anti-Semites, nor white supremacist. Those ideologies are generally attributed to specific fascist ideologies… Eg. Nazis.

    Let’s not sugar coat what people are. If they’re Nazi fucks, let’s call them Nazi fucks.

    • pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      5 months ago

      And if they aren’t, don’t call them Nazis. For example I strongly disagree with the term “grammar nazi” that English speaking people sometimes use for people who point out grammatical flaws in comments or articles - that may sensitise people to view the term lightly, not taking it seriously when someone seriously is a nazi. Apart from that it’s a cruel joke towards the people who suffered under the nazi regime or died fighting it.

      • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        I agree with this. We need better terms.

        Nazis were such a heinous and specific evil that we probably shouldn’t do anything that could lighten that term. At all.

        The part that makes me sad is that they appropriated the symbol of the swastika, and made it into a visage of hate and oppression. It’s a religious symbol for luck.

        I don’t think that reputation is changing anytime soon.

        The Nazis destroyed a lot, and corrupted so many things by association.