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Huge numbers of our population believe in a complete alternate reality. Alternate facts as it were.
But just as intensely as I believe they are deluded, they think I am the one who is deluded. So how can I be confident in my perception? Here's a tip:
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Huge numbers of our population believe in a complete alternate reality. Alternate facts as it were.
But just as intensely as I believe they are deluded, they think I am the one who is deluded. So how can I be confident in my perception? Here's a tip:
1/x
I have found that in times of political confusion, particularly when emotions are running high and creating tunnel vision, THE PRESENCE OF NAZIS can be an extremely helpful indicator.
If I am attending a local demonstration or event and I see Nazis…neo-Nazis, casual Nazis, 2/x
If I am attending a local demonstration or event and I see Nazis…neo-Nazis, casual Nazis, 2/x
master race Nazis, or the latest-whatever-uber-mythology-Nazis, I figure out which side they are on.
And if they are on my side of the demonstration? I am on the wrong side.
It is tough to argue moral equivalence when I am standing next to a Nazi. 3/
And if they are on my side of the demonstration? I am on the wrong side.
It is tough to argue moral equivalence when I am standing next to a Nazi. 3/
Look right. Is there a guy wearing a 6MWE (6 million wasn’t enough) t-shirt? I am on the wrong side. Look to my left. If that guy is wearing a Camp Auschwitz t-shirt? Wrong side.
Are speakers being applauded for referring to things that Hitler got right? Wrong side. 4/x
Are speakers being applauded for referring to things that Hitler got right? Wrong side. 4/x
Team-spirit face paint and hat with animal horns? This is actually an unclear indicator that could mean anything, but safest to keep my distance from that guy anyway, even at a football game.
5/x
5/x
However, I can always, always, always rely on the presence of Nazis as a guiding light through a fog of disinformation.
Some things are relative, and politics can absolutely have its opposing sides and grey areas.
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Some things are relative, and politics can absolutely have its opposing sides and grey areas.
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But evil and good are absolute. As are the lessons of history.
So, just look for the Nazis, and make your own decisions.
~fin
So, just look for the Nazis, and make your own decisions.
~fin