Edit: Rule has been replaced.

Old title was “An addendum to the rules. No more using the words “Nazi” or “Fascist”.”

The words Nazi and Fascist have no meaning. No one is referring to 1940s Germany or 1930s Italy. It’s just name-calling at this point. You can see this all over this sub.

So the banned words has been extended from just stuff like racial slurs to include Nazi and Fascist.

Yes, I do realize this is a slippery slope, but hopefully any meaning you wanted to impart can still be done without the kindergarten-level name-calling.

Credit to https://lemm.ee/u/dukethorion@lemmy.world for the idea.

Hell of a lot better than my “Conservatives Only” tag idea or banning bad faith arguments. It’s a clear cut rule that should help with a problem without cutting down on actual discussions.

If you have any feedback/complaints/raging against the machine/questions, feel free to leave them here.

  • ThrowawayOPM
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    8 months ago

    The meaning of nazi and fascist are so watered down, the terms are so overused, they only mean that the user of the term is a leftist upset with someone.

    If you want to say something is bad, say why its bad instead of just saying nazi or fascist.

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      8 months ago

      They’re so overused because there’s so many of you displaying that behavior.

      But by all means, making it to where people can’t call you out on your shit is definitely the best way to deal with the problem. Full on head in the sand moment, right here.

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        8 months ago

        They’re so overused because there’s so many of you displaying that behavior

        Yeah, only in whatever insane bizzaro world you live in.

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          8 months ago

          It’s called reality. You should try visiting it sometime. It sucks, but only because we have so many morons like you to deal with.

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        7 months ago

        That comment is a month old, how did you come by it?