Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

[–] THEPH0NECOMPANY@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words."

Jokes on them I also believe in the power of physical violence cure-for-fascism

[–] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That's the Fascist's greatest weakness, and why "bash the fash" is super effective. They can't wordplay out of a knuckle sandwich. It also hits their ideology directly because it's hard to feel "stronger" when the "weaker" kicks their ass.

Fascism Reality is ripe for piercing by the Real :zizek: