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      8 months ago

      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.

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        8 months ago

        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

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          8 months ago

          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.