But the specific part about being ruthlessly attacked for “speaking truth to power” is correct and justified and in no way inherently tied to reaction. It’s also a common phrase in progressive circles (in fact I hear it more from progressives).
I have to say I do slightly envy you from living around mostly progressives because I’m telling you, when a Nazi finds out they’re hated for their beliefs, their immediate response is, “you hate me because I’m speaking the ‘truth’ and you can’t handle it”, and they take hate as validation for digging in deeper to their Nazi beliefs. The “truth” being, “race realism”, or whatever way they rebrand their shitter bigotry.
You get the same thing from racist white Facebook Karens, “the lion does not concern itself with the opinions of the sheep”. It’s so common it’s like a corny meme.
I’m also just way too aware of how racists and Nazis act online and it’s not a comfortable place to be either.
I’m completely aware of Nazis talking about speaking the truth, though also that’s something almost everyone does, but the specific phrase “speaking truth to power” is the progressive association I was talking about.
Come on, some Nazis saying something doesn’t mean they have “occupied” it and now anyone who uses the phrase is doing the work of reactionaries, that’s ridiculous. This is why people say “Hitler ate sugar”.
I have to say I do slightly envy you from living around mostly progressives because I’m telling you, when a Nazi finds out they’re hated for their beliefs, their immediate response is, “you hate me because I’m speaking the ‘truth’ and you can’t handle it”, and they take hate as validation for digging in deeper to their Nazi beliefs. The “truth” being, “race realism”, or whatever way they rebrand their shitter bigotry.
You get the same thing from racist white Facebook Karens, “the lion does not concern itself with the opinions of the sheep”. It’s so common it’s like a corny meme.
I’m also just way too aware of how racists and Nazis act online and it’s not a comfortable place to be either.
I’m completely aware of Nazis talking about speaking the truth, though also that’s something almost everyone does, but the specific phrase “speaking truth to power” is the progressive association I was talking about.
Ah, well “truth to power” itself has been long occupied by Nazis now, since around 9/11.
Come on, some Nazis saying something doesn’t mean they have “occupied” it and now anyone who uses the phrase is doing the work of reactionaries, that’s ridiculous. This is why people say “Hitler ate sugar”.