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I think the "Nazi" epithet just shows a lack of imagination and historical knowledge by those who use it, basically Godwin's Law exemplified. After all, on the American side, the Confederacy predated Nazi Germany by 70 years or so, and with regard to Musk, he comes from South Africa with its own history of Apartheid, so there are much more relevant antecedents, if you want to go there. It feels like "Nazi" has become…
> It feels like "Nazi" has become a just an empty, generic stand-in for "really bad". Well... yes. Language evolves and terms generalize over time as the context in which they're used gains distance from their original meaning. No one is accusing Elon Musk of being a member of the German National Socialist Workers' Party.
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I don't see enough evidence that Musk is a Nazi, but he does seem more fine with Nazis than with people who disagree with him. Twitter is slowly turning into his private propaganda network. It's entirely reasonable to look for something better.
I suggest "Nazi adjacent" to describe people like Elon, who don't hold explicitly white supremacist, racist or anti-semitic beliefs (that we're aware of) but who seem to find camaraderie with such people out of a common disdain for "the wokes."
> - People get real nasty about others going back to “the birdsite” > I want to focus on the last point because this has definitely been a contributor to my recent ick. I’ve noticed a few folks getting frankly, horrible about people moving back to Twitter recently and I think it’s a bit unfair. I think it's a bit unfair to say that "Mastodon" is giving you "the ick" when you really mean that a few folks on Mastodon a…
Some people on Mastodon really do love to poke fun at Twitter though. I can imagine that real Twitter fans might not enjoy that much.
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> It feels like "Nazi" has become a just an empty, generic stand-in for "really bad". Well... yes. Language evolves and terms generalize over time as the context in which they're used gains distance from their original meaning. No one is accusing Elon Musk of being a member of the German National Socialist Workers' Party.
You're praising lack of precision and damning hyperbole, which i won't do.
I'll damn hyperbole all day long, though, because I think people hide their malice behind it too often and it tends to poison the well.
And even though twitter now isnt like Twitter before, its still much much more alive than mastodon. The only nieches that are active on mastodon are tech people and some governments and absolutely nothing else. No sports, no news, heck even tech is smaller, and of course, want to search for something? Good luck.
I agree with the author, the whole thing distanced me from Twitter, tried fediverse but it ain't there mate.
As far as I can tell, the only people who moved to Mastodon are the people who are REALLY tuned into Twitter rage, aka the super insufferable ones. Most people seem to be just fine continuing the normal shitposting and whatever on Twitter.
Depends on what you mean by "insufferable". The people who moved to Mastodon include people like Stephen Fry and Neil Gaiman. If that's your definition of insufferable, then please stay on Twitter. There's significantly less shitposting on the Fediverse than on Twitter, though probably more on Mastodon than on other parts of the Fediverse.
Sounds like a guy with principles.
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I suggest "Nazi adjacent" to describe people like Elon, who don't hold explicitly white supremacist, racist or anti-semitic beliefs (that we're aware of) but who seem to find camaraderie with such people out of a common disdain for "the wokes."
Having disdain for women culture means you're Nazi adjacent ?
Or more generally, are you tolerant of, or even willing to spread, racist and bigoted speech because you have an enemy in common? Because you agree more than you disagree? Are you willing to put up with the spread of right-wing authoritarianism just to see "the woke" suffer? When the nazis show up to your events, do you chase them away and denounce them, or let them be?
If so then yeah, maybe.