Tbh, people like him—the ones that thought racism and other bigotry were valid comedy tools—only helped normalize that stuff today. I lay part of the blame, for the rise of the hyper-masculine shock culture that’s currently worming its way through various societies and governments, at his and his collaborators’ feet.
So whether anyone thinks he’s a Nazi currently, in the past, or was/is just a stupid idiot, he’s still culpable for using his platform to help normalize hate. And in my mind, unless he’s used his platform to counter the bigotry he helped propagate, he’ll always be a bastard for it.
I think that’s true. I’d somehow like to have different words available. Because I think it’s a big difference whether it’s Minecraft Hitler. Or the actual Nazis we have on the rise as of today. For example the richest man on earth “accidentally” doing the Nazi salute in front of a right-wing audience. And we know he also likes to share nazi propaganda on social media and supports authoritarianism. If we call all of them the same, we also normalize stuff… So yeah.
Tbh, people like him—the ones that thought racism and other bigotry were valid comedy tools—only helped normalize that stuff today. I lay part of the blame, for the rise of the hyper-masculine shock culture that’s currently worming its way through various societies and governments, at his and his collaborators’ feet.
So whether anyone thinks he’s a Nazi currently, in the past, or was/is just a stupid idiot, he’s still culpable for using his platform to help normalize hate. And in my mind, unless he’s used his platform to counter the bigotry he helped propagate, he’ll always be a bastard for it.
I think that’s true. I’d somehow like to have different words available. Because I think it’s a big difference whether it’s Minecraft Hitler. Or the actual Nazis we have on the rise as of today. For example the richest man on earth “accidentally” doing the Nazi salute in front of a right-wing audience. And we know he also likes to share nazi propaganda on social media and supports authoritarianism. If we call all of them the same, we also normalize stuff… So yeah.