• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      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.

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        10 days ago

        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.

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          10 days 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]!”

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        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.

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      10 days ago

      I mean he did. It was a shitty ass hole joke. He just wanted to piss the woke people off it definitely worked.