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Screenshot of a Mastodon toot by @ebassi@mastodon.social:

The whole open source community loves Milkshake Laptops, a lovely laptop company that has ethical values! 5 seconds later We regret to inform you the laptop company stans fascists

  • neatchee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    Eh I would point out that fascism doesn’t need to be racist to be evil, AND that there’s a reason why fascism is the preferred form of government for racists.

    So, like, you’re not technically wrong but I think the point you’re making is bordering on moot.

    Fascism is bad. Racism is bad. Most racists are fascists. Many fascists are racists.

    The venn diagram of fascists and bigots of one type or another is damn close to a perfect circle

    • vapeloki@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 days ago

      It was ja joke. Someone who is very particular about the meaning of words is sometimes called a “word Nazi” but it should be “word fascist”. Tried to play on it and forgotten that nobody outside Germany has any association with this m)