• ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    he thought the nazi’s were the good guys

    Quote him: “There were no ‘good guys’ in that war.”

    It isn’t enough to criticize him for not considering the Allies the good guys, but you just have to go that one step further and claim that he believes something that is directly contradicted by what he wrote?

    It’s like people are afraid of encountering someone who is less than 100% wrong/bad/evil, and refuse to believe there is anyone between ‘saint’ and ‘demon’. Must be exhausting living with such a starkly binary outlook.

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      1 month ago

      not considering the Allies the good guys

      He thinks they were the bad guys.

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      1 month ago

      Sounds like you are describing a video game. The whole “if they say X it means X because those are the rules of the language.” I mean.

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        27 days ago

        Or… he said “there were no good guys”, so claiming that he’s saying Nazis were the good guys is really, really stupid.

        “I think all vegetables are disgusting.”
        “He’s saying celery is delicious, guys.”

        Dopes.

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          27 days ago

          On paper it sounds funny, doesn’t it? How can a guy randomly saying everyone was bad in WW2 mean he secretly thinks Nazis were alright?

          Easiest way to get at the logic is to dissect people who say “both sides are the same.” How can that mean they’re actually pro MAGA or whatever? Didn’t they just say that both sides are the same? That’s against the rules of English! But it makes sense if you dig deeper.