cm0002@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 3 months agoLet's not jump to conclusionslemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months 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-squarebestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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-up0·3 months agoThat is not an effective difference, that’s an excuse.
minus-squareVespair@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoCorrect, but so long as people keep favoring decorum over decency, it doesn’t matter.
minus-squareInputZero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months 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-up0·3 months 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]!”
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.
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.
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]!”