r/Snorkblot • • Sep 19 '25

History Glad I didn't live back then.

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u/NormalBrowsing44 Sep 19 '25

There are…. Striking similarities to early nazi attitudes yes… but labelling them and anyone who supports them nazis is wrong

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u/TacoOfTroyCenter Sep 19 '25

Is it? If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duckin nazi.

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u/NormalBrowsing44 Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

The only reason I hesitate is because it’s a lot more nuanced than labels. Many different people exist in the party with different degrees of extremism and hatred.

To group them all under the same label would probably cause the less extreme individuals to become more extreme (‘caveman effect’) where to them, it feels like a personal attack so they support the people that don’t attack them (republicans).

I’m not trying to excuse or pander to them, I’m trying to be logical and not worsen the wound. Though at this point everyone’s so filled with hatred and the whole stupid ‘left vs right’ situation is getting out of hand. If people realised it was more complex and didn’t force each other into boxes we’d have a more varied dialogue.

Edit; okay, I think I stand corrected. My arguments hold firm in an ideal situation where everyone can self correct, but I guess that’s not the world me live in and there will be polarisation no matter what, so the best I can do is support the side that doesn’t want to kill trans people

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u/Far_Commission2655 Sep 19 '25

To group them all under the same label would probably cause the less extreme individuals to become more extreme (‘caveman effect’) where to them, it feels like a personal attack so they support the people that don’t attack them (republicans).

So what? Not everyone is gonna see the error of their ways. 

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u/NormalBrowsing44 Sep 19 '25

I guess you’re right. I’m trying to argue idealism but I forget a lot of people don’t have the capacity to self correct

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u/DaTotallyEclipse Sep 19 '25

Nah, we're past that. If only one side acts in good faith ... eventually, things will turn sour