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Snyder has been defined ad “nolte with an NPR tote bag” (Nolte being the Ernst Nolte) for his work comparing communism with nazism https://jacobin.com/2023/01/soviet-union-memorials-nazi-germ...


Snyder has been defined as “Nolte with an NPR tote bag”

The difference between you and I is that when I encounter a blunt, ad hominem smear like this (noticed the unsourced formulation "A colleague says ...", in the same way that Trump says things like "People say she's a Marxist" to cheering crowds), I tend to go, "Okay, another vitriolic rant. Am I going to have time to finish ploughing through this? Probably not."

Whereas your gut take seems to be some form of: "Yesss! Score one for the team! Where can I get more of this stuff?"

The article is full of other raw insinuations, and plainly broken argumentation that should be jumping out at you.

But go ahead, read whatever you want, and import whichever memes you want.




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