@fafad's comment on ':marseyexcitedexosuit: :marsey40k: Battletech Gothic announced, immediately denounced as Nazi Bar'

apparently it's some one-off alternate-universe thing, but le heckin' CHUDS might like it because it's a 40k skin (with kaiju) on mechwank. :marseyshrug:

Sure, and I doubt that the BT writers are about to careen into preaching ethnonationalist theocracy, but I mean... propaganda can be accidental. Like, Heinlein set out to write progressive scifi about more tolerant societies and ended up a crypto-fascist icon. And as the saying goes, once nazis start hanging out at your bar, you're not a bar anymore, you're a nazi bar. They're your market, and you'll end up serving them.

:smugjak: this le heckin' RAT-M chorus kills fascists:

Oof. I lived in the Midwest for a long time. Lot of great folks, but some of those who work forces, are the same that burn crosses. Where I live now is a state that has a long history of mixed peoples and so these issues, still exist, but aren't at the forefront anymore.

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writing an ideology into a piece of fiction, and even having it as the protagonist in that fiction, is not a bad thing and means nothing. making clear statements that This is Good and the way Things Should Be in a lore descriptor thats written to be in an objective tone, however, is a clear statement of endorsement by the author. this is basic media literacy?

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syscochill re/heat Rdrama's official Sysco® rep! Ask me about Sysco® 8d ago #7985761

The problem with the Nazi bar argument isn't that it's entirely wrong. The problem is that the people sharing it are usually leftist enough that they present the same risks. Say no to commie bars, too. Don't give extremists traction. !anticommunists !grillers

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Pepperglue me/mam :bounce:

Party like it's 1999 :bounce:

syscochill 8d ago #7986455

And the people who parrot it often push their purity testing to an extreme degree, treating every disagreement as a form of betrayal.

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fafad they/them Pepperglue 7d ago #7987430

this is why, despite being literal :marseygigaretard: , right-wing dictators and juntas have a special place for many, since they manage to eliminate the most annoying :soysnooseethe: imaginable