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To: My2Cents
How to post about Nazis and get away with it - the Godwin's Law FAQ
16 posted on 04/22/2003 10:22:43 AM PDT by Hacksaw
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To: Hacksaw
Nice link...
17 posted on 04/22/2003 10:25:36 AM PDT by TomServo
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To: Hacksaw
I'm not calling anyone a Nazi. I was simply responding to a previous poster who said, "Fly any flag you want." Clearly, it isn't that simple. Why not fly a Nazi flag? Because it represents a system and a society that repressed freedom, subjugated people based on their ethnicity, and was the flag of a nation vanquished by the US and its allies in war. It would be patently offensive to fly a Nazi flag. Some people view the Confederate flag as patently offensive as well. I don't want to equate German fascism with the Confederacy, but both represent vanquished regimes. Why fly such flags?
20 posted on 04/22/2003 10:31:48 AM PDT by My2Cents ("Well....there you go again.")
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