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Re: ars_belli

[(Anonymous)]

NA You can't win with fascists.

Show them like absolute monsters and those of us who hate them see them as monsters, while their fans see everything monstrous they do as great and cool, but at least they hide because they still want the social perks of being seen as normal.

Never talk about them because they're so awful they don't deserve any screentime and their fans will think what they did was fine and there's a silent majority of fascists waiting for the next supreme leader, and they start to become bold about it because they think they're just saying what everyone is thinking.

Making fun of them (in an Inglorious Basterds way or whatever Taika Watiti's new film will be) seems like the best of a hard situation. NYT profiles about how modern Nazi's are complex definitely isn't the way to go, tho.

Re: ars_belli

[(Anonymous)]

A lot of the modern Nazis latched onto Hans Landa from Inglorious Basterds as a 'fun' Nazi, sadly, so even comedic portrayals aren't totally safe. You really do seem to need to portray them consistently as the dumbest, most embarrassing, least intimidating people in the universe for Nazis to not adopt them. Maybe Disney knew what they were doing with Disney Hitler, who knows.

Re: ars_belli

[(Anonymous)]

Disney absolutely knew what they were doing with Disney Hitler. 'Der Fuehrer's Face' and 'Education for Death' have persisted beyond their original use as wartime propaganda for a reason.