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[–] grue@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To bend to pressure from fascists is to support fascism. There is no compromise on that point!

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be clear: I'm trying to understand, not to defend or justify

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What's to understand? Either they took it down willingly and they're ideologically aligned with the enemy, or they capitulated and they're collaborators with the enemy. It's a distinction without a difference -- either way, they have betrayed everything they previously claimed to stand for and are now the enemy.