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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is like saying "Everyone who's ever called for genocide described their targets as bad people, therefore calling someone a bad person is genocidal ideology". The word "degenerate":

  • Doesn't originate in genocidal ideology
  • Doesn't have an intrinsically genocidal meaning
  • Has continuously been used in non-political contexts.

If we keep banning every word of the dictionary that a nazi has ever used, fascists will end up the only ones able to talk...