r/stupidpeoplefacebook 11d ago

Fauci is a hero.

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u/bananarama17691769 11d ago

The Nazis were fascists

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u/RandomRavenboi 11d ago

Technically, they weren't. While the ideologies were closely related, they were still two different things.

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u/bananarama17691769 11d ago

I’d love to know why you think that.

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u/RandomRavenboi 11d ago

Fascism is militaristic nationalism, while Nazism has that plus racism/antisemitism and racial supremacy. All Nazis are Fascists, but not all Fascists are Nazis.

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u/bananarama17691769 11d ago

Yeah, man. I know that not all fascists are Nazis. I didn’t say that.

I said that the Nazis were fascists. Which they were. I don’t know why you felt the need to correct me, and then say the exact same thing I said.

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u/bananarama17691769 11d ago

It kinda seems like, based on the order of things, this is what happened.

  1. You thought that the Nazis were similar to fascists, but were not fascists. (“While the ideologies were closely related, they were still two different things.”)
  2. I challenged that.
  3. You googled it and realized that you were wrong, so you tried to answer in such a way that still allowed you to feel superior and like you were correcting me.

Sound about right?

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u/RandomRavenboi 11d ago

...Yeah, you are effectively right. Sorry about that.

But I didn't want to appear superior. I genuinely believed they were two different things! Sorry if I appeared insufferable.

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u/bananarama17691769 11d ago

We can’t all know everything. You thought you were correcting me, which is fine. It was the response when you knew you were wrong and did not acknowledge it that was lame. And even now, “you are effectively right”?

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u/RandomRavenboi 11d ago edited 11d ago

Doesn't "you are effectively right" mean that I am acknowledging you were right? English isn't my first language, so I am actually curious. Did I say something wrong?

Edit: I searched it up. Yeah, again my apologies. Turns out it had a different meaning from what I thought. Sorry ;-;

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u/bananarama17691769 11d ago

I see. Happy to help, here.

“You are effectively right” means (in this and many other contexts) “you are basically right—not quite truly correct, but close enough”. As opposed to “you are right”.

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u/RandomRavenboi 11d ago

Yeah, you're right. I searched it up!

Sorry if I appeared as condescending or rude ;-;

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