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Huge numbers of our population believe in a complete alternate reality.
Alternate facts as it were.
But just as intensely as I believe they are deluded, they think I am the one who is deluded.
Maybe I am. So how can I be confident in my perception? It can be quite difficult.
But, I have found that in times of political confusion, the presence of Nazis can be an extremely helpful indicator.
If I am attending a local demonstration or event and I see Nazis…neo-Nazis, miscellaneous-Nazis, master race Nazis, or the latest-whatever-uber-mythology-Nazis, I figure out which side they are on.
And if they are on my side of the demonstration? I am on the wrong side.
It is tough to argue moral equivalence when I am standing next to a Nazi.
Look at pictures from any number of Trump rallies — and many pictures from the attack on the Capitol.
Is there a guy wearing a 6MWE t-shirt? (stands for 6 Million Wasn’t Enough, as in 6 million dead Jews during the Holocaust)
That is the wrong side.
Use the presence of Nazis as a guiding light through a fog of disinformation.
Some things are relative, and politics can absolutely have its grey areas.
But evil and good are absolute.
As are the lessons of history.
So, just look for the Nazis, and make your own decisions.
Alternate facts as it were.
But just as intensely as I believe they are deluded, they think I am the one who is deluded.
Maybe I am. So how can I be confident in my perception? It can be quite difficult.
But, I have found that in times of political confusion, the presence of Nazis can be an extremely helpful indicator.
If I am attending a local demonstration or event and I see Nazis…neo-Nazis, miscellaneous-Nazis, master race Nazis, or the latest-whatever-uber-mythology-Nazis, I figure out which side they are on.
And if they are on my side of the demonstration? I am on the wrong side.
It is tough to argue moral equivalence when I am standing next to a Nazi.
Look at pictures from any number of Trump rallies — and many pictures from the attack on the Capitol.
Is there a guy wearing a 6MWE t-shirt? (stands for 6 Million Wasn’t Enough, as in 6 million dead Jews during the Holocaust)
That is the wrong side.
Use the presence of Nazis as a guiding light through a fog of disinformation.
Some things are relative, and politics can absolutely have its grey areas.
But evil and good are absolute.
As are the lessons of history.
So, just look for the Nazis, and make your own decisions.
