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"Cryptofash", "fashy" 🤔
Feels like bastardizations of already bastardized words, and I wonder if they're using it to try to sound impactful while not saying much.
Remarkably, it's not that much harder to type Cryptofascist than it is to type Cryptofash. What is a Crypto-fascist, btw?
there are only two ideologies.
mine and fascists
thats the same thing conservative used. they used things like shitlibs as tankies, or libtards as conservative exact same messaging.
Ah yes, of course the people who would have been allies with the Nazis up until the moment Hitler ate their face, the people who looked at Project 2025 and said "still better than Kamala though", the people supporting extreme authoritarianism and proving horsehoe theory correct... those people want to throw the word "fascist" around 🤣
I hate it because all they achieved is making the word mean nothing. I everyone is calling the other fascist, then it is that much harder to call out actual fascists.
I definitely get what you mean, but I still don't have trouble calling it how it is
I don't mean it's hard to actually say it - but the word gets diluted. And when yo do call out a fascist, it may not carry the weught it should because it is used by tankies or actual fascists as a word for someone who disagrees with them.
If you need more weight, bullets are heavier than words 😁
they became so far left, they are on the alt-right.
Oh so they didn't ally with Hitler, huh? 🤔 Dummy. Consider following your own advice.
Welcome to the blocklist lol
EDIT: also like, rightfully so that they were denied. The allies can be proud that they told bullshitters responsible for the worst attrocities in all of human history to fuck off. Genuinely the correct decision.
Just FYI. That's a no life troll. The acct will be abandoned tomorrow. And they will still have no life.
No worries, I just instablock em. But yeah, it is more sad than anything when you think about the person behind the screen.
"ItS tHe AlLiEs FaUlT wE BuDdIeD uP wItH hItLeR" is pretty hilarious though
One of the most important tasks in any propaganda framework is defining the words appropriately.
In particular, the word for "enemy" needs to be carefully chosen.