Here’s the thread: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/24345496
users from meanwhileongrad are banned from dbzer0, so you won’t be able to interact (which you shouldn’t be doing anyway)
Here’s the thread: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/24345496
users from meanwhileongrad are banned from dbzer0, so you won’t be able to interact (which you shouldn’t be doing anyway)
Why simply allow fascists to dictate the meaning of words without any resistance? This is a repeating pattern, and it causes liberals in particular to be led around by the nose by the absolute worst scum. Like how articles get written about how pepe the frog is a fascist mascot now and all the well-meaning liberals stop using it. And the OK hand sign? Also a hate symbol now, better stop using it. By relinquishing your ability to play an active role in shaping language you give fascists power over symbols and they leverage that into power over culture.
Pepe the frog is a cute character useful for expressing emotions. The OK hand sign just means OK. Zio is short for zionist, a fascist ideology, not Jewish identity. You insist that David Duke using it as a pejorative for Jews makes that meaning not only real but set in stone, while you deny yourself the same power to create and change symbols.
but ZOG and Zio- originated by white supremacists. Pepe and the OK sign don’t have origins in white supremacism, they were neutral terms.
You’re not reclaiming anything when you say that ZOG has partial truth to it, or that zio- is a legitimate, neutral pejorative for zionism. ZOG is purely a white supremacist conspiracy theory. Zio- is predominantly used by white supremacists as code to refer to Jews within the same conspiracy. You’re not subverting or reclaiming anything, you’re reinforcing it.