One thing I do miss about pre-internet era is that neo-Nazis and other groups like them didn’t have much of a platform, at least not in the 80s when I grew up.
Now I’ve seen peopl who even oppose deplatforming them in some twisted notion of “free speech,” and major news outlets spreading their opinions like the plague.
I agree with you. We shouldn’t care. Just punch the Nazis and get on with our day.
I think you’re egregiously misinterpreting my comment, and I don’t much appreciate that.
Tell me in what ways neo-Nazi propaganda inserted itself into the home of the average person daily in 1989?
Now look at the front page of reddit, 4chan, or – hell – this fucking news article.
Nazis existed, never said they didn’t. I’m saying they have a farther-reaching platform, and anyone who allows them to post their propaganda is complicit.
in the same way that everything has a farther-reaching platform, I guess.
I am not sure if the proportions are really different. Nazis were in the streets, graffiti, stickers, music, newspapers… they always have a platform as long as it’s profitable.
you’re correct, it is a louder problem now. and a more pressing one. but i’m not sure if it’s “worse”
One thing I do miss about pre-internet era is that neo-Nazis and other groups like them didn’t have much of a platform, at least not in the 80s when I grew up.
Now I’ve seen peopl who even oppose deplatforming them in some twisted notion of “free speech,” and major news outlets spreading their opinions like the plague.
I agree with you. We shouldn’t care. Just punch the Nazis and get on with our day.
In 1989 David Duke got elected into the Louisiana house of representatives.
Yes, the guy who was the grand wizard of the KKK
I think you’re having rose tinted glasses
No, I remember that well.
I think you’re egregiously misinterpreting my comment, and I don’t much appreciate that.
Tell me in what ways neo-Nazi propaganda inserted itself into the home of the average person daily in 1989?
Now look at the front page of reddit, 4chan, or – hell – this fucking news article.
Nazis existed, never said they didn’t. I’m saying they have a farther-reaching platform, and anyone who allows them to post their propaganda is complicit.
in the same way that everything has a farther-reaching platform, I guess. I am not sure if the proportions are really different. Nazis were in the streets, graffiti, stickers, music, newspapers… they always have a platform as long as it’s profitable.
you’re correct, it is a louder problem now. and a more pressing one. but i’m not sure if it’s “worse”