cm0002@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 19 days agoLet's not jump to conclusionslemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down12cross-posted to: comics@lemmy.ml
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkLet's not jump to conclusionslemmy.mlcm0002@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 19 days agomessage-square72fedilinkcross-posted to: comics@lemmy.ml
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoI have asked a similar question many times in the past when people excuse such things as jokes: What is the effective difference between doing a Nazi salute like that “as a joke” and just doing one? Same thing I ask when people claim they are being racist as a joke.
minus-squarebestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days ago What is the effective difference between doing a Nazi salute like that “as a joke” and just doing one? Plausible deniability. Pushing a boundary instead of breaking a taboo.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoThat is not an effective difference, that’s an excuse.
I have asked a similar question many times in the past when people excuse such things as jokes:
What is the effective difference between doing a Nazi salute like that “as a joke” and just doing one?
Same thing I ask when people claim they are being racist as a joke.
Plausible deniability. Pushing a boundary instead of breaking a taboo.
That is not an effective difference, that’s an excuse.