•  jarfil   ( @jarfil@beehaw.org ) 
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    That’s the quick, easy, and wrong approach.

    What are 9 non-Nazi people supposed to do: kick the 1 Nazi to a Nazi-only table? Leave the table and now have 2 Nazi-only tables? Get everyone thrown out?

    Nazism works like any other sect; what converted people need, is exposure to other ways of thinking, ideally some human connections with people whom the sect demonizes and tries to keep members away from. Pushing sect members away from society, is precisely what the sect wants!

    I’m not saying that you personally, or even me, should be the ones to do that, or that we should idly watch, or not have a Nazi-free table.

    What I’m saying is that non-Nazis putting up with a Nazi in order to de-program them, should be praised, and that you can’t tell what’s really going on just by watching who sits where.

          •  jarfil   ( @jarfil@beehaw.org ) 
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            I don’t think you understand. Instilling a feeling of oppression, then a desire to “fight against the oppression”, is how Nazis get created. Nobody’s asking you to tolerate it, or see any “both sides”, there are no sides. The only side is whether you work with or against their indoctrination.

            All I’m saying is you better double check those 9 other people at that table, in case they’re doing the hard work you or me don’t want to.

            • I think I may not have made my position clear. If there is 1 Nazi at the table, and 9 people are just sitting with them hanging out… you have 10 Nazis. They are not “doing the hard work” otherwise it the 1 Nazi would not be sitting there. I’m hearing a lot of sympathizing towards Nazis in this thread.

              • You have made your position very clear, but if what you got from what I’m saying is “sympathizing towards Nazis”, then you’ve missed my point completely, and I don’t know how to make it any clearer. 🤷