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[My Name is Immaterial]

Sheet do you keep an easily accessible 10 foot pogo stick?

[Loud Whispers]

You mean a democracy like... Weimar Germany?

It wasn't a very -good- democracy, but it -was- a democracy. Multiple parties, multiple people to vote for, etc. Not like Soviet Russia or North Korea-style democracy.

So yeah, it happened in a fairly democratic country.

It didn't happen under a democracy, it happened under facism. Comedy did not stop it, world war did.  Hard power is the best response. Similarly do not confuse me saying comedy can't replace democracy with democracy being all powerful in stopping malevolence.
Charlie Chaplin tried his best,  even he ultimately failed.

[Bauglir]

Eh, one of the reasons I make Holocaust jokes when I do is because I take it seriously. Likewise rape, again on the rare occasions when I make a relevant joke. Jokes are serious business! "Just a joke" is a stupid phrase that needs to be done away with. Humor is a powerful tool for undermining terrible things, because you can throw into pretty sharp relief why they're terrible (without coming off as preachy to people who didn't care before), you can dismiss bad faith arguments without having to give them the illusion of viability that comes with directly engaging them, and you can create shame in people who support whatever the problem is without becoming confrontational (which almost never works). Jokes have as much weight as any other kind of language (which is why, for instance, it's a real problem to make a joke that makes a pariah out of a rape victim).

[Imperial Guardsman]

christwire.org

[Descan]

You mean a democracy like... Weimar Germany?

It wasn't a very -good- democracy, but it -was- a democracy. Multiple parties, multiple people to vote for, etc. Not like Soviet Russia or North Korea-style democracy.

So yeah, it happened in a fairly democratic country.

It didn't happen under a democracy, it happened under facism. Comedy did not stop it, world war did.  Hard power is the best response. Similarly do not confuse me saying comedy can't replace democracy with democracy being all powerful in stopping malevolence.
Charlie Chaplin tried his best,  even he ultimately failed.

Hitler got elected under a democracy, and his hatred of Jews wasn't exactly unknown before that. People KNEW about Hitler, they just didn't think he would go so far as genocide.

Dude published a book a decade before, it was practically old-news.

[Lord Shonus]

At least some people knew what was going to happen as early as 1938, when an author who's name escapes me published a book demanding an immediate declaration of war from the US, Britain, and France, along with a declaration of Crusade from the Pope. Having flipped through it at work, I found the copyright date difficult to believe, as there's aspects to it that he seems to have figured out before Hitler did.

[TD1]

The point is, he didn't do it in a democracy. He had taken over, and the people didn't have a say. In a government without Article 46, it wouldn't have happened.

[Iceblaster]

christwire.org

My sides.

You owe me new ones.

[Eric Blank]

At least some people knew what was going to happen as early as 1938, when an author who's name escapes me published a book demanding an immediate declaration of war from the US, Britain, and France, along with a declaration of Crusade from the Pope. Having flipped through it at work, I found the copyright date difficult to believe, as there's aspects to it that he seems to have figured out before Hitler did.

Must have been a time traveller.

[Graknorke]

christwire.org

My sides.

You owe me new ones.

You're a bit late to the party.
Christwire has a long history of writing some good stuff. And the comment sections are always amusing.

[Loud Whispers]

Hitler got elected under a democracy, and his hatred of Jews wasn't exactly unknown before that. People KNEW about Hitler, they just didn't think he would go so far as genocide.

Dude published a book a decade before, it was practically old-news.

Considering how much of a shock the mass graves were even to the allies, genocide wasn't even on their minds. Germany was either going to fall to a totalitarian facist regime or a totalitarian communist regime. All other points I've already covered. Comedy can only do so much against shock troopers.

[majikero]

I'm feeling rather lethargic lately for some reason. Dammit, I thought regular exercise is suppose to make you more energetic!

[hops]

christwire.org

My sides.

You owe me new ones.

You're a bit late to the party.
Christwire has a long history of writing some good stuff. And the comment sections are always amusing.

It can't be that ba-

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Oh lord

[lemon10]

christwire.org

My sides.

You owe me new ones.

You're a bit late to the party.
Christwire has a long history of writing some good stuff. And the comment sections are always amusing.

It can't be that ba-

Dear Comrades, It has taken along time for this to happen, but just like the devil waits in the shadows, The Pokemon company has waited up until now to spring on this “new” pair of games called Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire upon our children. We have had enough of the Dark messages in the last pokemon games, such as prostitution and soliciting outside of shady shacks in the bayou. But, the truly frightening fact is how the games […]

Oh lord

Very very happy that the site is a satire.

[TD1]

That was satire? Drat. Well, now I look silly with this ceremony/sacrifice prepared for DF2014. I bought a lamb for nothing!