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In response to "Killing people they don't like has always been a favorite thing of fascists. -- nm" by Jovian

killing people they view as "bad guys" has been a favorite things of conservatives. killing people they don't like moves into fascism.

Posted by colin (aka colinski) Aug 18 '23, 10:21

i wouldn't say that a bit of bloodlust is completely fascists. state run executions are still a debate topic among a lot of folks, even centrists, so we're not all above this idea that bad people deserve death.

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this is also where the "demon" label gets applied which has very specific meaning to a side of right wing evangelical radicals -- nm - oblique Aug 18, 10:32
'bad guys' and 'people they don't like' are not mutually exclusive. - Jovian Aug 18, 10:24 13
- First you dehumanize as vermin... -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 10:30
- no, but that's the clever position of a conservative. they can have a sliding scale to make you sound crazy for questioning their standard. - colin Aug 18, 10:29 2
  - there is a new guard and an old guard 'conservatives'. -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 18, 10:34 1
    - agreed - given that so few people can be so damaging (or just one, if we're watching what tubberville is doing) means you don't need much to really - colin Aug 18, 10:39
- and this is why I listen to Greg Kelly, Kilmeade, Mark Levin, Sid Rosenberg, on the radio. This is the rhetoric that is pushed day in and day out. -- (edited) - Jovian Aug 18, 10:28 8
  - every country contains a % of the population that would be fine with fascism. but it's never a majority. - colin Aug 18, 10:31
  - Hear me out here...what if, you don't listen to them and you keep some of your sanity and deprive them of the viewership? - Will Hunting Aug 18, 10:30 6
    - because then I wouldn't be able to make a judgement call on where this is all ultimately leading to. -- nm - Jovian Aug 18, 10:36 4
      - Seems like you’ve already come to a pretty solid conclusion in that regard. -- nm - znufrii Aug 18, 11:00
      - try listening to Christian AM talk radio - that has become absolutely bonkers. -- nm - colin Aug 18, 10:40 2
        
        hehe. no thank you. I dont hate myself *that* much :) -- nm - Jovian Aug 18, 10:42 1
        
        just coming across some reply from a nazi on social media is more than enough "what are they thinking' for me -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 18, 11:19
    - that's why Knowledge Fight is great.. they listen to terrible stuff so you don't have to. - colin Aug 18, 10:32

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