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Soph0571

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Sun May 13, 2018, 08:17 AM May 2018

If People Calling You A Nazi Turns You Into A Nazi, The Nazi Was In You All Along



Weiss is, unfortunately, not alone in this sentiment. We’ve all been hearing it for years. This “Well, if you’re going to call me a racist or a sexist or whatever, than I guess I just WILL be that thing! So there!” shit.

That. Is. Not. A. Thing.

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This kind of thing plays out very differently when you are dealing with someone who does think racist or misogynistic things but avoids saying them out loud because they don’t want to deal with the social consequences of being known as a gross racist or misogynist. They’re not turning racist or sexist, they’re just deciding that if they have to deal with the social consequences anyway, they may as well just be the asshole they truly are inside. When they see that other people are not getting away with dog whistles, are not getting away with couching their shitty beliefs in scientific racism and “evolutionary biology,” they decide they don’t really need the facade either.

This is supposed to be a threat — they are holding common human decency hostage by saying “If you all insist upon making it socially unacceptable for me to be a stealth Nazi, I will be a loud and proud Nazi, and you will live to regret it!” But it’s an empty threat because that is who they actually were all along.


[link:https://wonkette.com/633813/if-people-calling-you-a-nazi-turns-you-into-a-nazi-the-nazi-was-in-you-all-along|

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If People Calling You A Nazi Turns You Into A Nazi, The Nazi Was In You All Along (Original Post) Soph0571 May 2018 OP
THIS yes!! Same way wypipo's reaction to being called wypipo, as ACCURATELY defined, is confirming. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #1
What's the accurate definition? oberliner May 2018 #2
Bari Weiss: walking proof that all the smart young people are liberals sharedvalues May 2018 #3
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