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TargaryenVers2 said:
fielding88 said:

You always have a choice in how you react to things. You give words power by reacting to them, and you strip them of power by not reacting to them. 

The sooner the latter happens, the better.

When I ignored my older brother's insults as a kid, it often escalated to violence or other harsh methods to "other" me. When you try to ignore it, words escalate to violence. If all black people decided to ignore the word, racists people would either find a new slur or escalate to violence or other ways to "other" people. 

So if we ignore PDP's use of the word, he'll escalate to violence? 

As a black person, I ignored the word when people said it to me and have had no problems in my life regarding it, but anecdotes don't prove anything. 



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Preecherz said:

Why is this news?

Black people kill and rape white people every day. He said the N word....so?

 

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o_O.Q said:
VGPolyglot said:

Hitler wasn't elected by eemocratic vote, Hitler lost the election.

hitler lost initially but was eventually demoncratically elected... if not how did he come to power from your perspective? are you claiming that he claimed power through a coup?

He was appointed chancellor. Yes, the Nazi party won the elections, but Hitler himself didn't become elected that way.



How the hell did this thread become about Hitler?



English is not his first language and he does not understand what the word means. Clutching at straws to defend the indefensible.



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Xen said:
How the hell did this thread become about Hitler?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law



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vivster said:
Xen said:
How the hell did this thread become about Hitler?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

I never thought that I'd hear something such as "reductio ad hitlerum", much less thought it's... a thing.

I have learned more from your link that from this whole, sad, sad thread... although, it took about 300 replies for hitler to appear, so perhaps it is not that bad?



fatslob-:O said:
o_O.Q said:

hitler lost initially but was eventually demoncratically elected... if not how did he come to power from your perspective? are you claiming that he claimed power through a coup?

That doesn't make any sense ... 

It was Hitler's party (big difference) that was elected. Hitler himself never never won presidency as that title went to Paul von Hidenburg. President Paul von Hidenburg faced pressure from the outside to include Hitler in his cabinet so Hidenburg appointed Hitler as his chancellor ... 

After Ermächtigungsgesetz of 1933, everything went haywire since the German Reichstag thought it was a good idea to give the position chancellor (currently held by Hitler at the time) legislative powers ... 

In short Hitler came into power through appointment and not from democracy ... 

If president Paul von Hidenburg hadn't died of lung cancer and lived until the end of 1937, Ermächtigungsgesetz may have not been renewed and Hitler would've lost his legislative powers and maybe WWII would've been prevented ... 

 

looks like i didn't do enough research in this, you appear to be right that he was not democratically elected, but

"President Paul von Hidenburg faced pressure from the outside" where did this pressure you mention here come from?



While I don't think he meant to be racist, is still a weird swear word to drop in such a situation.



                
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