Comment on Reducing Political Polarization by Respecting Human Dignity
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Here’s something to consider in regards to civility in politics
Should anyone be civil to nazis?
Personally, I’d say so. It’s a common leftist trope that nazis are just fundamentally bad people that deserve death.
In contrast, I think most nazis people are redeemable. Nazi-ism grows in a certain environment. Outside of that environment, it dies in the crib because it’s unsustainable.
Nazis believe in the wholesale extermination of entire groups of human beings who deserve their own life, dignity, and happiness. I do not respect a belief system that advocates for the extermination of jews, trans people, gay people, people of color, or any human being based on their religion, culture, ethnic background, or sexuality. I will absolutely respect any person for their beliefs no matter how poorly informed, so long as that person accepts that people who are different than them–ALL people–deserve all the same rights, protections, and opportunities that they fight for themselves.
I will absolutely respect any person for their beliefs no matter how poorly informed, so long as that person accepts that people who are different than them–ALL people–deserve all the same rights, protections, and opportunities that they fight for themselves.
Right…except Nazis, of course. There’s always an exception. And then someone comes along to expand that the exception is in fact the norm. And suddenly, exceptions are everywhere! Oh no! We gotta kill people to make everything better!
Every time.
C’mon. I know what Nazis believe.
I’ve listened to Tucker Carlson, for example. And you know what? His identification of the problem is often not controversial. Rich people are fleecing the poor? Of course they are. Political elites are treated favorably by the justice system? Obviously. Inflation is making Americans poorer. Yep.
But his solutions are the problem, primarily because he doesn’t offer solutions, just an unending stream of how people are being taken advantage of to rile up their anger. And he channels that anger into reactionary politics.
Many of the problems he identifies are worth discussing. I will die on this hill. But that’s not an implicit endorsement of his or any Nazi solutions.
That depends. Can you name any nazis? How do you define or identify a nazi?
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Well depends what a Nazi is. Few people limit it to just 1940s Germany.