Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by krapp 24 days ago
What else would you call people who believe in Nazi conspiracy theories, court Nazi influencers, display Nazi symbols, parrot Nazi propaganda and spread Nazi memes?

At some point you have to face facts about the nature of MAGA and what American conservatism is actually turning into.
2 comments
fragmede 24 days ago
The problem is that people tune out when you call them Nazis. If you want them to vote a different way, you've got to engay with them and have a talk with them. Yelling Nazi online and mic dropping isn't going to get kids out of ICE concentration camps. Neither is this comment, unfortunately.
link
krapp 24 days ago
The problem is you're blaming me for the actions of Nazis because pointing out that the Nazis are Nazis makes Nazis feel bad, rather than blaming the Nazis for being Nazis.

What exactly do you think they have to say that I need to hear? The specific reason why I deserve to be put against the wall with rest of the degenerates? No thank you.

Maybe you should blame them for putting kids in ICE concentration camps, and not me. I didn't do that, and I didn't vote for the people who did.

link
fragmede 23 days ago
I'm pointing out that hey, if you want people to vote your way, that calling someone a Nazi isn't going to convince them that you've got anything worth listening to.
link
krapp 23 days ago
And I'm pointing out that those Nazis were never going to listen to me or vote my way to begin with, because "my way" is antithetical to their worldview.

And Nazis is what they are. That's what you call fascists, white supremacist bigots and anti-semites. People who believe in race war and white genocide. That black people are genetically predisposed to low IQs and that Islam is a "religion of evil." That immigration from non-white countries is a plague and a threat to "western civilization." 14 words and all that.

There's nothing wrong with calling them what they are. Nazis don't deserve to live comfortable lives. They don't deserve to be treated like respectable people who simply have different but otherwise perfectly valid political views.

link
andsoitis 24 days ago
> who believe in Nazi conspiracy theories, court Nazi influencers, display Nazi symbols, parrot Nazi propaganda and spread Nazi memes

Name three people who fit this profile that you would call a Nazi and are in a position of political or economic power in America.

link
krapp 24 days ago
Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth and Elon Musk.
link