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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
spencerbeswick@kolektiva.social ("Spencer Beswick") wrote:
The discourse around Elon Musk's Nazi salutes (including now Musk using it to make Nazi "jokes") reminds me of the always relevant Sartre quote on anti-Semites. It is all a game to the far right, meant to push the boundaries of what is considered normal and socially acceptable.
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- Screenshot of a quote from Jean-Paul Sartre. “Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.” (remote)
