Yep, I’ll agree there’s a lot of fascist-like behavior under the guise of freedom of speech. Quite the horseshoe effect!
Here’s what I propose: Let’s all take the weekend off! Give the list a break, spare our inboxes! Enjoy a short break to reflect and think about the future. Then, we can all get back to it on Monday. On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 7:58 AM Christian Imhorst < christian.imho...@fsfe.org> wrote: > Dear Daniel, > > Am 18.10.19 um 11:24 schrieb Daniel Pocock: > > As a native English speaker, I'll simply comment that some people do > > generally use the word "gas" in that context > > okay but ahilter doesn't, because he wrote: > > Am 17.10.19 um 16:41 schrieb ahil...@keemail.me: > > people like you *would have been gassed* for attacking our leader! > > This cannot be misunderstood with farting: > > "Had we arrived just two days earlier, we *would have been gassed* > immediately." -- > > https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/26/tales-from-auschwitz-survivor-stories > > RMS Support uses the language of fascists extensively: > > Am 18.10.19 um 03:11 schrieb RMS Support <ignuc...@tutanota.com>: > > We have to defend our owns. It is time to stand up against the scum > > that infiltrates us, against the intruders in our once clean and pure > > societies. We have to regain free speech. The death of free forums may > > not be forgotten! And the first outbursts of rebellion have already > > been seen, just recently in Germany. > > Here we have a pronounced dichotomous or fascist thinking in the > mutually exclusive categories friend and enemy, we and the others, > especially with regard to the interior of society. The inner enemy of > fascist society plays at least as important a role as the outer enemy. > He is identified as a "popular pest", a threat to one's own "blood" or > as "scum" of the once clean and pure society. Above all the own fiction > of the "Jew", "Semite" and the other "race" serves this purpose also > "Feminists", "Gay/Trans people", "Greens", "the Left" etc. From them it > is necessary to purify their society. > > See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Nazi_Germany > > Last but not least he is linking to the platform for the alt-right and > he really claims that the anti-Semitic attack in Halle could be fake news: > > Am 18.10.19 um 15:03 schrieb Truth Teller <ignuc...@tutanota.com>: > > Killing people is the last resort. That is why there are still wars > going on even under participation of honest countries and leaders. I > don't precizely know what happened in Halle but as always we have to > look out for fake news. Like I said earlier, let us not be distracted by > these: > > > > --> > > https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/10/18/viral-video-of-homophobic-attack-denounced-as-fake-news/ > > > > Do you really want to attack the free software movement together with > alt-right fascists? > > Regards > Christian > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > Discussion@lists.fsfellowship.eu > https://lists.fsfellowship.eu/mailman/listinfo/discussion >
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