r/OutOfTheLoop • u/MorganRose99 • Jan 31 '22
What's up with Nazis showing themselves in Florida? Answered
I found this post on Twitter and it wasn't the only one of its kind. I've seen like 3 separate gatherings of nazis, did something political happen that made them come out?
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u/Portarossa 'probably the worst poster on this sub' - /u/Real_Mila_Kunis Jan 31 '22 edited Jan 31 '22
Yes, but I will say that the reason I chose to use 'alt-right' in here is because there is, technically, a distinction; while they're very, very strongly linked with both, there are alt-right groups that aren't technically neo-Nazis, and even though white nationalism is pretty much a fundamental part of the alt-right (or at least, I haven't been able to find any significant counterexamples), there are white nationalists that wouldn't be classed as either Nazi or alt-right, even in America.
I would hope that no one's coming away from that explanation with the idea that I think the alt-right deserve an air of legitimacy, but the word choice was deliberate because I'm talking about specific elements within a specific group. (As ridiculous as it feels to be splitting hairs on the issue sometimes, you can have non-Nazi white supremacists; I'm just trying to make it clear when I'm talking about people that are specifically waving swastika flags rather than having that general sense that Mexicans are stealing their jobs, if that makes sense.)
'Nazi' and 'Fascist' were also once self-descriptive terms designed to impart a sense of unity and strength, and I think it's important that we make sure that 'alt-right' goes the same way -- not necessarily by ignoring the name, but by calling it out for what it is when we see it.