Conversation

Notices

1. Ricardo Harvin (ricardoharvin@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 06:43:42 JST Ricardo Harvin

   If you value civility rather than kind honesty, you are part of the problem.

   Civility and niceness are tools of oppression, meant to blunt all incisive expressions of truth.

   "Nice [i.e., civil] people made the best Nazis."

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 06:43:41 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     @ricardoharvin “Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than “politics.” They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren’t nice people? Resisters.”

     – Naomi Shulman

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 06:52:17 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • Alessio :linux:

     @dottorblaster @ricardoharvin It’s not an analogy. It’s a quote based on lived experience. Godwin’s Law doesn’t apply.

     “Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than “politics.” They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren’t nice people? Resisters.”

     – Naomi Shulman

   • Alessio :linux: (dottorblaster@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 06:52:18 JST Alessio :linux:

     in reply to

     • Aral Balkan

     @ricardoharvin @aral Godwin’s Law dude

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 15:45:10 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     @ricardoharvin Yep. Just wanted to put it here to try and avoid some of the replies I was expecting you might get :)

   • Ricardo Harvin (ricardoharvin@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 15:45:11 JST Ricardo Harvin

     in reply to

     • Aral Balkan

     @aral That's exactly what I quoted from, and have used often, including in one of my currently pinned posts.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 06:32:04 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     • Alessio :linux:

     @dottorblaster @ricardoharvin Wow. Not cool.

   • Alessio :linux: (dottorblaster@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 06:32:05 JST Alessio :linux:

     in reply to

     • Aral Balkan

     @ricardoharvin @aral you’re welcome ❤️

   • Ricardo Harvin (ricardoharvin@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 06:32:06 JST Ricardo Harvin

     in reply to

     • Aral Balkan
     • Alessio :linux:

     @dottorblaster @aral Thanks for the white man splaining 👍🏿