devildears replied to your post âSometimes I think itâs time Germany reclaimed the word ânaziâ as part...â
as a German i feel like the term is not part of a cultural heritage to protect and a lot of neo nazis in politics actually deserve this term
Well, I donât support the concept of âcultural appropriationâ in general, at least not the way itâs understood here on tumblr. Maybe I should have made the irony more obvious. In any case, what I actually meant is that the term has been bereft of its meaning, which was a member and/or supporter of the German national socialist party. Itâs a term that has a historical context and a meaning.Â
It doesnât mean âUS American nationalistâ, it also doesnât mean âTrump voterâ, and it certainly doesnât mean âsomeone who considers the possibility that not every Trump voter is evil incarnatedâ.
Itâs roughly in line with a tumblr mentality where the word pedophilia is applied to relationships between older teens and adults and everything is âabuseâ.
It annoys me when words that used to have a clear definition and a clear context get to lose all their meaning. Especially in light of our German past, Iâd prefer it if ânaziâ wasnât just some sort of casual insult thrown at people.
âNeo nazisâ is a different thing, and if that were the term currently used, that would be a different thing. Alas, itâs not.Â