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Nice_Exercise5552 t1_je6rp4m wrote

Reply to comment by OblongAndKneeless in Dammit! by absolute_panic

I’m not sure why people downvoted you for stating a fact. Yeah, the gesture has been used to mean other things. But it has most recently been co-opted by the natzi wannabes and used to mean exactly what you say it is used to mean. It sucks that it has been co-opted in that way, but it’s true.

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HYPERBOLE_TRAIN t1_je6z08y wrote

You nazis keep showing up in every one of these posts to make sure everyone know it’s used in that way instead of letting people take it back.

You deserve the downvotes.

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Nice_Exercise5552 t1_jecsxl1 wrote

Hyperbole Train, you’re intentionally obtuse. We’re obviously not Nazis, we are people who are calling out the Nazi dog whistles. If something in use is hurting people because it has been co-opted by a hate group and then the co-opted version of it ends up being used in things like political rallies than it should be called out when people use it so that they understand there might be unintended consequences of their use of it. The word “Idiot” was once a valid diagnostic term that would not fly today. Hysterical was another term that was in medical use and has since taken on other meaning and would not be appropriate to use today. For example, it would not relate to their originally intended uses if I were to call you hysterical or an idiot for calling us Nazis; that would be inappropriate.

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HYPERBOLE_TRAIN t1_jedxs06 wrote

Spend more time thinking and less time preparing word salad. Self reflection would do you well.

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Nice_Exercise5552 t1_jeh0s8i wrote

Just because you can’t understand something doesn’t mean it’s “word salad”.

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