[tomp]

As a member of the group of people who were imprisoned, tortured and exterminated by the “real” Nazis, I'd much rather not see words "Nazi" and "terrorist" used for protesters (or even rioters) whose intentions had nothing to do with extermination, torture, or serious attempts of coup or terrorism (cf. actual terrorist attacks by actual terrorists in Europe).

[monocasa]

https://news.yahoo.com/q-shaman-stormed-capitol-upset-192631...

The guy in the yellow shirt is Jason Tankersley, founder of the Maryland Skinheads. The guy to his right in the mask is Matthew Heimbach, former leader of the Traditionalist Workers Party (a neo nazi org).

This wasn't an exaggeration, a high number of literal neo nazi leaders were present.

[tomp]

Treating them the same as Hitler is literally “crying wolf”. These people are closer to internet trolls then they are to 1930s Nazis.

[ryandrake]

If Literal Hitler were in the crowd I guarantee there would be people downplaying it like this.

[jakelazaroff]

These were quite literal neo-Nazis engaged in a literal terrorist attack. I really don’t understand the hand wringing over describing it accurately.

[tomp]

As a Londoner and European, I’d love to exchange our terrorists (that literally blow up kids, shoot them point blank, and decapitate and drive over people) for US “domestic terrorists” that ... take selfies (yeah a few people died unfortunately, not too surprising for a riot with a massive security failure, but far from a literal terrorist attack).

[jakelazaroff]

What’s the minimum body count required for it to be a terrorist attack?

Yes, it wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been. But don’t kid yourself into thinking that their goal was just to take selfies in the Senate chambers. The only reason we didn’t see much more violence is that congresspeople were evacuated in time.

[s1artibartfast]

Half the problem is people throwing around words like them and their without qualification. There were thousands of people with different views. Some were neonazis and some were terrorist. We all need to be more careful with our generalizations

[u801e]

I'm willing to bet if it was thousands of Muslims involved in that event, you would not be making this argument.

[s1artibartfast]

What do you know about me to make such a specific and personal attack?

[DanBC]

> or US “domestic terrorists” that ... take selfies

Tomp ignoring the churches that get shot up and bombed, the synagogues that get shot up, the mosques that get fire bombed.

[tomp]

I don't object to calling those people terrorists. Note that I also included "shoot kids point blank" in my comment, which was a direct reference to Breivik, inb4 "only muslims can be terrorists"