cm0002@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 24 hours agoLet's not jump to conclusionslemmy.mlimagemessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up11.44Karrow-down158cross-posted to: thisisnotmylife@lemm.eecomics@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·7 hours agoI have asked a similar question many times in the past when people excuse such things as jokes: What is the effective difference between doing a Nazi salute like that “as a joke” and just doing one? Same thing I ask when people claim they are being racist as a joke.
minus-squareInputZero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 hours agoThe difference between the public and private spheres. There is absolutely no way to make a Nazi salute jokes in public spheres, full stop. In the private sphere I can imagine it.
minus-squarebestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours ago What is the effective difference between doing a Nazi salute like that “as a joke” and just doing one? Plausible deniability. Pushing a boundary instead of breaking a taboo.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoThat is not an effective difference, that’s an excuse.
minus-squareVespair@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoCorrect, but so long as people keep favoring decorum over decency, it doesn’t matter.
I have asked a similar question many times in the past when people excuse such things as jokes:
What is the effective difference between doing a Nazi salute like that “as a joke” and just doing one?
Same thing I ask when people claim they are being racist as a joke.
The difference between the public and private spheres. There is absolutely no way to make a Nazi salute jokes in public spheres, full stop. In the private sphere I can imagine it.
Plausible deniability. Pushing a boundary instead of breaking a taboo.
That is not an effective difference, that’s an excuse.
Correct, but so long as people keep favoring decorum over decency, it doesn’t matter.