• NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    Someone got their comment mocking this person deleted.

    They said, “do you even know what words mean?”

    .ml mod/admin in their ban reply: “reason: Yes, I studied the history of holocaust apologetics”

    My eyes may get stuck, they’re rolling so hard. What would they say if I correctly characterized the third reich as authoritarian? Does that somehow make me a Holocaust denier? The logical inconsistency is making my brain hurt, somebody help please

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeOP
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      you’re doing incredible work over there, really shining a light on the silliness of it all 😅 keep it up

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      It is indistinguishable from satire. The screenshot comment could be satire and the mod unable to distinguish it.

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      Kind of like when you call Hitler a form of socialist and get banned for “complimenting hitler”

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        There’s about the same amount of socialism in national socialism as there is democratic republicanism directly north of the Republic of Korea.

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    It’s awfully convenient that anything that could possibly lead to criticism of red fash is unacceptable to them.

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      Disempower the language of an oppressed group, and you disempower the group.

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        That is pretty accurate. There are a lot of key words that simply cannot be used in political discourse, leaving it almost impossible for advocate for policies that benefits the marginalized. It is a very effective method, as is so often demonstrated.

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      Me [facts are making me sad]: the word “bad” is literal Nazi genocide, please switch to “plusungood.”