Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoAfD is the most popular party in Germany for the first time, with a record 26%lemmy.caimagemessage-square253linkfedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down134
arrow-up1340arrow-down1imageAfD is the most popular party in Germany for the first time, with a record 26%lemmy.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square253linkfedilink
minus-squareragas@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down29·2 days agoUsing bullets and bombs would make the rest not better than the fascists, so lets not use them.
minus-squaretrollercoaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoOnce they take power, the only thing that can stop them is bullets and bombs. And Fascists do have a nasty habit of shooting first, if you let them.
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down3·2 days agoWe don’t need to be tolerant to the intolerant.
minus-squareGlytch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down3·2 days agoNo it wouldn’t, it would make you smart enough to speak to the fascists in the only language they understand. Words don’t work against fascists because they don’t care what words mean. Better to defend yourself now while you still can.
minus-squareRedPandaRaider@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down3·2 days agoWar and violence have existed long before fascism. It’s not their invention or monopoly.
minus-squareragas@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·1 day agoTrue. But I don’t want the world to be that bad. I want to live without war and violence.
Using bullets and bombs would make the rest not better than the fascists, so lets not use them.
Once they take power, the only thing that can stop them is bullets and bombs. And Fascists do have a nasty habit of shooting first, if you let them.
We don’t need to be tolerant to the intolerant.
No it wouldn’t, it would make you smart enough to speak to the fascists in the only language they understand. Words don’t work against fascists because they don’t care what words mean. Better to defend yourself now while you still can.
War and violence have existed long before fascism. It’s not their invention or monopoly.
True. But I don’t want the world to be that bad. I want to live without war and violence.