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And you automatically lose this round of “are you a piece of shit?”
This would be a nicer place if everyone extended a little grace to each other. It seems unlikely that the commenter meant “the Nazis who personally, emotionally matter to me” and pretty likely that they meant “the Nazis who are unfortunately very powerful.”
Maybe you’re right. But if they automatically give in to the powerful fascists, then what use would they be in a fight against them?
In a war against fascists, against Nazis, one must consider their collaborators as fascists, as Nazis
If I’m living in 1941 Paris, and I turned in my gay neighbor and my Jewish friend, how am I any better than any SS officer marching down the street?
Of course, without any consideration, I’m obviously not. I might as well be shoveling bodies into ovens at Auschwitz.
There are no shades of gray here. The evil herein is black and white, and quite absolute.
And never forget: unforgivable
But if your fight against the nazis will only waste your energy and have no discernible effect on their cause, what good is it? In fact, your fight could serve the opposite purpose if it feeds their persecution complex. They can point to your failed fight in propaganda to fuel their movement. I'm saying fight smarter, not necessarily harder. I'm not saying don't fight at all.
That’s not the starting point in the argument we’re dealing with because that is not the reality of the situation. And if your counter argument is against propaganda, then dishing out a bunch of propaganda about how the winning side is losing, then I dare say the first thing you need to deal with is how you’re drowning in hypocrisy.