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I don't follow – we shouldn't bully nazis because people who want lower taxes might accidentally catch strays?


That's not what I am saying. Nazis are bad, but the GP has a poor way with words and it looks obvious to me that the comment was made in a context that applied to "the anti-nazi crowd's MO of bullying" not applicable to just nazis, but anybody they disagree with. Basically cancel culture, whether you're a nazi, or just somebody they don't like. The point was specific to the bullying, not about Nazis. The GP clearly conflated these two ideas when responding.

You can be an opponent of both "cancel culture" and nazis at the same time. And you can be an opponent of cancel culture while still publicly calling out legitimate Neo-Nazis (even though I think it is a waste of time). But if you call somebody a Nazi for disagreeing with you, or voting for a republican, or having a viewpoint that isn't leftist, then that's crossing a line. This happens all the time, and the GP is obviously aware of it like many of us are.

Just because some people (like the GP) do a shitty job of criticizing cancel culture, that doesn't make cancel culture any more right or wrong. It is what it is.




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