CPAC stage design - Fascists gonna Fascist

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(02-27-2021, 07:11 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Right...

So a lot of you probably think I’m wearing a tinfoil hat for thinking the conman’s words have helped cause a rise in hate crimes against Asians too.

Oh, that rise I can absolutely believe. I don't know the numbers, but that would make a lot of sense.

(03-01-2021, 09:42 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Why does it matter? Take it from the kraut: being a Nazi and being blind to Nazism quickly becomes the same thing.

Well, I am not asking of you to take anything from an Austrian, but I will add this. It's absolutely true that being blind to Nazism can become a form of support of Nazism, and I experienced that in my country for sure. We have Nazis and people who aid them by denying the issue. What I also experienced though is that being overly alert to everything that could be construed as Nazism also helps Nazism. It creates examples of exaggeration people can point to to call every legit warning an exaggeration in the same light. That is why I am advocating caution, for seeing Nazi symbols everywhere can lead to a reaction similar to the classical "the boy who cried wolf" scenario.

There are demonstrably awful things happening at CPAC, things that do not need any interpretation and no lesson in the symbols of a fringe group. I find it wiser to focus on that instead of fueling speculations that reasanably can be seen as unreasonable. For sure I do not know 100% that this was incidential or if anyone indeed had pandering to Nazis through a Nazi symbol in mind here, I just deem it highly unlikely. While you see it as a virtual certainty.