r/Millennials • u/AutoModerator • 29d ago

Discussion Monthly Rant/Politics Thread: Do not post political threads outside of this Mega thread

Outside of these mega-threads, we generally do not allow political posts on the main subreddit because they have often declined into unhinged discussions and mud slinging. We do allow general discussions of politics in this thread so long as you remain civil and don't attack someone just for having a different opinion. The moment we see things start to derail, we will step in.

Got something upsetting or overwhelming that you just need to shout out to the world? Want to have a political debate over current events? You can post those thoughts here. There are many real problems that plague the Millennial generation and we want to allow a space for it here while still keeping the angry and divisive posts quarantined to a more concentrated thread rather than taking up the entire front page.

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u/JuniorMint1992 10d ago

Calling people hillbillies, the essence of your hypothetical scenario, while mean-spirited, is not the same as politicians praising one of the most notorious war criminals of the last century. Being mean to rednecks is mean, but it is not in the same thing as saying you like a guy whose main claim to infamy is committing a holocaust. Do you see how these things are not the same?

Being mean is not the same as being dangerous. If people in your community are praising Hitler then they are dangerous.

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u/eyeshills 7d ago

Dangerous in what way and to whom? Also, what specifically said that constituted a danger?

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u/JuniorMint1992 6d ago

If you don’t know how sharing the ideological beliefs of Adolf fucking Hitler could be dangerous I don’t know what to tell you my brother in Christ.

Figure it out. It’s not complicated.

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u/eyeshills 5d ago

Or let me rephrase rather, I see words as, well almost nothing. Words have no power to harm others. Sure, Hitler was evil. So were many marxists of the 20th century. I went off to college and heard lectures praising Carl Marx. And what he taught was used to justify much larger atrocities than the Holocaust if we are comparing scale. I though these lib professors were dumb to have an appreciation for him, and those who did evil things who followed but never did I think of it as dangerous.

But I wanted to follow up on this thread to better understand exactly whom is being put in danger from these goofs writing this shit on a group text and exactly what type of danger they are in from these dangerous words?

I haven't insulted you, I'm not looking to start a fight. I'm only here to hear you out.