Thatâs really odd. Because he sounds just like Hitler talking about the Jews. He may not want to be seen as a fascist. But thatâs what his views are.
I mean, if he goosesteps like a fascist, talks like a fascist, and salutes like a fascist⌠What else are we supposed to call him?
Iâm not inclined to honor his preference in this matter.
Good on BB for posting this.
Uh⌠A valued asset in our fight against terrorism? A Freedom Fighter� Our allied friends?
Iâm not familiar with the current doublespeak.
Thanks for sharing this horrific situation.
Minor technical thing: In Coryâs part of the article, âHaitianâ is consistently misspelled as âHatianâ.
Thank you, biped. We have corrected this error.
That situation it is not about racist (dominicans dont consider themselves white) is about security, DR is a poor country they cant afford to carry Haity`s troubles by themselves.
Just made an account to come and tell us now bad the poor D.R. has it? Welcome to Boing Boing.
However, this situation is explicitly and obviously racist. The court is not requiring that all poor illegal immigrants be ejected; itâs requiring that people with Hatian surnames be stripped of their citizenship. That is not about security.
I came here thinking, really? Ethnic cleansing? I expected it was Coryâs usual um⌠enhanced narrative. Having read a little on the subject, on both sides, yes this is Fascism. Yes, itâs ethnic cleansing, and it looks very much like youâre planning a genocide.
actually the hitler connection insults fascism. mussolini brought fascism to italy for decades without creating a holocaust.
Uhm, It is a large scale violation of basic human rights motivated by racism, but it is not ethnic cleansing until those Dominicans unjustly deprived of their citizenship because of their Haitian heritage are actually forced to leave.
I believe itâs important to keep up the distinction between various horrible crimes, because there is always a worse crime lurking around the corner. If you call this âethnic cleansingâ, youâll need to use the word âgenocideâ when they start the ethnic cleansing, and when they start the actual genocide, you will have run out of words to explain why something needs to be done about it.
Yeah, right. And the holocaust was not about racism either, because the Nazis didnât think of the Jews as non-white (the term âaryanâ was quite popular for non-semitic white peopleâŚ).
Actually, the fate of people who were born in and grew up in the DR is not part of Haitiâs troubles. This is about taking citizenship away from people who were citizens. Haitiâs troubles, and new immigration from Haiti to DR, are a different issue alltogether.
Doesnât the fact that they are âno longer entitled to citizenshipâ prepare for that next step? If they left and came back would it be not unreasonable to deny them entry?
My neighbor isnât technically barbecuing if heâs just marinating steaks and lighting the grill, but itâs not like I wonât be able to call the later step barbecuing because I misclassified his prep-step.
âNo need for name calling. Technically, Iâm not actually committing an act of terrorism until AFTER I press this button.â
A clock and a clacker? But no battery pack?
The battery pack and detonator are in his pants. The clock is just there to remind him what time heâs supposed to explode.
That doesnât mean fascism was a good thing, though.
Ethnic cleansing, no, laying siege to whole towns and killing anyone who stepped out of line? Absolutely.
Fascism: If itâs not killing all the Jews and trying to take over the world, itâs killing all the âunpatriotic peopleâ.
Seriously, are you going to quibble over fascism vs Naziism? Because from an academic standpoint they may be distinct, in practice theyâre the same thing exercised with different levels of enthusiasm.
And competence.
And how hard did Brainspore have to google to come up with a non-âswarthy/stereotypical middle eastern dudeâ graphicâŚ
2+ internets for the effort though!
I couldnât find it on image search, but there was an episode of the Simpsons (S08E19 - Grade School Confidential) where Skinner and Krabapple are outed as lovers. They eventually hole up in the school, and Skinner comes out with what appears to be dynamite strapped around his chest saying: âAttention I⌠Have a bombâ
Of course different people notice itâs actually made of hot dogs. âWait, those are hot dogs!â âArmor Hot dogs!â Chalmers joins in âMy god, who would wear Armor Hot Dogs?â
Long story short, I like cured meat with high levels of nitrates and sodium.
@Mindysan33 agreed
@LDoBe no, iâm not. i was engaging in a rhetorical device i call " damning with faint praise" by defending fascism in the way i did from being synonymous with genocide. itâs closely related to irony.
