If you don't already, realize that your enemies (think they) are reasonable people and have ideologies that make sense (to them).
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If your worldview doesn't allow for the possibility that fascists and nazis are ordinary ppl like you, good luck explaining WW2/communism.
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You are left in the position of either resorting to racism or "because magic". This doesn't hold up.
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Also today, nazis believe in (some) good, wholesome things. The problem isn't that they don't have *any* nice sides; it's everything else.
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Every nutjob ideology rests on the core assumption that it will make the world a better place. Every. Single. One.
This is really key.
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This doesn't mean sympathy for nazis; it doesn't mean giving ground to fascism; it doesn't mean supporting colonialism...
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... it means understanding that what you're up against is common humanity at its worst, not some esoteric phenomenon with special rules.