• TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Degeneracy is the core ideology behind every genocide. You accuse me of not understanding language shift. I say you don’t understand the overton window.

    • loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      This is like saying “Everyone who’s ever called for genocide described their targets as bad people, therefore calling someone a bad person is genocidal ideology”. The word “degenerate”:

      • Doesn’t originate in genocidal ideology
      • Doesn’t have an intrinsically genocidal meaning
      • Has continuously been used in non-political contexts.

      If we keep banning every word of the dictionary that a nazi has ever used, fascists will end up the only ones able to talk…