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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·9 hours agoI have asked a similar question many times in the past when people excuse such things as jokes: What is the effective difference between doing a Nazi salute like that “as a joke” and just doing one? Same thing I ask when people claim they are being racist as a joke.
minus-squareInputZero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 hours agoThe difference between the public and private spheres. There is absolutely no way to make a Nazi salute jokes in public spheres, full stop. In the private sphere I can imagine it.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour ago“What’s the difference between a dog and a Nazi? One goes like this [does Nazi salute] and one goes like this [raises leg]!”
minus-squarebestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours ago What is the effective difference between doing a Nazi salute like that “as a joke” and just doing one? Plausible deniability. Pushing a boundary instead of breaking a taboo.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 hours agoThat is not an effective difference, that’s an excuse.
minus-squareVespair@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoCorrect, but so long as people keep favoring decorum over decency, it doesn’t matter.
I have asked a similar question many times in the past when people excuse such things as jokes:
What is the effective difference between doing a Nazi salute like that “as a joke” and just doing one?
Same thing I ask when people claim they are being racist as a joke.
The difference between the public and private spheres. There is absolutely no way to make a Nazi salute jokes in public spheres, full stop. In the private sphere I can imagine it.
“What’s the difference between a dog and a Nazi? One goes like this [does Nazi salute] and one goes like this [raises leg]!”
Plausible deniability. Pushing a boundary instead of breaking a taboo.
That is not an effective difference, that’s an excuse.
Correct, but so long as people keep favoring decorum over decency, it doesn’t matter.