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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 71 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

From what I'm gathering, it seems like one group is more "traditionally" American racism... And the other group is more like WW2 Nazi racists?

Either way, they're racists and not worth the oxygen they're consuming.

Can I just continue to have incredible distain for all racism? Because I'd hate to be branded as a sympathizer to either group. They both sound horrible.

The only surprising thing to me here is that racists hate eachother enough for this level of violence. I don't necessarily consider that a bad thing, I just thought they would... I dunno, bond over their mutual hatred of other races, rather than fight eachother over who is more racist.

... Not that I'm complaining. Having racists kill other racists makes it easier to fight against the groups that remain. Both groups of racists deserve to be put down. Not that I have the ability, capability, opportunity nor motivation to do that work myself..... I'm just not going to complain when one group kills the other, and the first group ends up in jail for life because of it. Honestly, that's an absolute win IMO.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Authoritarians, which are not unrelated to racism, if left alone, will start stripping rights from each other. In a spherical cow sense, they can't really bond with each other because they fundamentally hate other people, like as a concept. This is also sorta why their social media sites never take off.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I generally hate people. I don't want to be authoritative over anyone. I don't want the responsibility.

[–] n0respect@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if their hate is just a side effect of wanting to be superior over others. And that's what drives their base actions.

More or less, yes. It's the satisfaction that comes from power.

The main ingredients of fascism are fear (urgency) and a desire to reclaim a power once held, like in a birthright sense. A result of this is that the power they hold now is a result of the fear they've fostered, which means they quite literally cannot survive people becoming unafraid. There must always be a group of people to hate, even amongst each other, or the kingdom they've built vanishes.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Edgelords that treat their racism and violence as fuel for shitposts

vs.

Traditional "Brick and mortar and nooses" racists

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 points 15 hours ago

Potato, potato.