What does flagged mean on HN? Not sure why my comment got down-voted so fast. It's a genuine question.
If people can't agree on what Nazi means we should ban the word altogether since it has loaded political context and doesn't foster proper discussion.
It appears to me that:
1) Some use Nazi to mean Nazi Party with proper historical context
2) Some use Nazi as tool to bludgeon anyone they don't like
3) Some use Nazi to be an umbrella term for anything related to fascism, racism, right-leaning ideology, all kinds of other stuff.
If a single word means all kinds of things to all kinds of people, it's a useless word.
If people can't agree on what Nazi means we should ban the word altogether since it has loaded political context and doesn't foster proper discussion.
It appears to me that:
1) Some use Nazi to mean Nazi Party with proper historical context 2) Some use Nazi as tool to bludgeon anyone they don't like 3) Some use Nazi to be an umbrella term for anything related to fascism, racism, right-leaning ideology, all kinds of other stuff.
If a single word means all kinds of things to all kinds of people, it's a useless word.