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RE: [dTube] Trump Repeatedly Tweets Nazi-Linked Slogan

in #news6 years ago

The problem I have with all these "he's using an antisemitic symbol" and whatever is that it's been overused. Currently, gamers are all white supremacists (the Triforce from Legend of Zelda is linked to the KKK, apparently), alpine skiers as well (Fischer skis use the same logo), the "ok" symbol is now a sign of white supremacy so Chevy had to pull an ad involving emoji...

Do you see where I'm going with this? We're so inundated with "this is sexist!" and "that's racist!" that the words have lost their sting. They are meaningless, aside from trying to control others over nonsense. So the KKK used the America First slogan? So what? It's a good slogan. It's patriotic. I see little difference between "America First" and "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." It inspires putting the nation above the self, and contributing to doing something great. It also implies making sure the actions on the global scale (trade deals, military interventions, etc) are favorable for the US.

In that context, I don't see it as all that bad. And it makes taking down the cheeto in chief harder. Throw too many shaky accusations, and the real serious ones will have a harder time sticking. We're already seeing that in certain circles.

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