How does vice-signalling differ from a genuine attempt to understand an opposing perspective, without misrepresenting it?
I've read them, and nowhere did I get the impression that the NYT was condoning Nazism. But yes, it portrays them as mundane, everyday people, which is good, because it's what they are. To fight evil, it helps to understand its banality, and the mindset that leads to it
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Yes and no. A core part of how Nazi recruitment works is to portray these *ideas* as everyday and normal: that, e.g., the question of "are Black and Brown people really American?" is a legitimate subject of debate.
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One could equally argue that to not allow such ideas to be debated is to play into the Nazi/alt-right narrative of an elite preventing the people from awaking via censorship. Better to have the arguments heard so they can be roundly defeated. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
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