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Why keep the nazi name for this community (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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In the migration to lemmy, this community's admins have the chance to drop its startlingly racist name. Wasn't funny back then, and it's still not funny.

Why keep the nazi memorabilia around?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This thread violates Rule 2 - "Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.", and also violates parts of Rule 1. Locking it down as it got too political and mean.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Only someone from an inferior console race would suggest that

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

haha you got me! real racists sure do love joking about being proxy racists online :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not everything is about Nazis, not everything needs to be made about Nazis. It's just a funny name.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is the correct response. The other comments saying that "the name being a Nazi reference isn't that big of a deal" is missing the point. Because it's not a Nazi reference.

It's just a self-aware joke about elitism in PC enthusiasts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i would say the language of "glory" and "master races" have been pretty sufficiently captured by nazis, maybe take a look around you.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

No it hasn't. Stop randomly giving shit to Nazis.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

That doesn't remove the connotation for larger audiences. A layman will never know those details and will read master race as being about race. The social context and history are irrelevant, it's genuinely a dumb hill to die on.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization) "master race" is definitionally about race and the use of that social categorization to commit genocide; the concept of race and so-called "race science" are not really funny tbh

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I'm in agreement with you btw lol I think the names dumb, wanting to keep the master race title is the dumb hill to die on.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Human stupidity is infinite, there's no point catering to it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Too sensitive for internet, touch grass.