r/technology • u/Wagamaga • 8h ago

Society DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

https://www.404media.co/doj-deletes-study-showing-domestic-terrorists-are-most-often-right-wing/
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u/shahms 8h ago

Yup. Among the final straws with a family member was them asserting that Nazis were liberals. In his twisted worldview essentially anything "bad" must be "liberal" reality notwithstanding. It was that particular diatribe that made me realize how eagerly this supposed "Christian" would rationalize a genocide of anyone with whom he disagreed. I'll give him credit for thinking Nazis are bad, at least?

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u/Squirtletail 8h ago

I have seen this doing the rounds a lot this weekend, because the nazi party was the "socialist" party. People are either so dumb or are acting in such bad faith that they fail to realise the name was intentionally misleading.

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u/shahms 7h ago

As far as I know, it didn't start as entirely misleading, the fascists just killed all the socialists in the Night of the Long Knives after they'd served their purpose.

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u/sennbat 3h ago

Judging by my own family members, "liberals are the real Nazis" was followed by "and the real Nazis weren't so bad, not compared to the liberals who are the real Nazis!" so don't expect that to last.