> Never believe that [fascists] are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. They [presume] the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert.
This is an unwarranted appeal to authority (and quoting a person that colluded with Simone de Beauvoir to groom young women into predatory relationships).
Honestly, I don't understand what kind of effect you hope to achieve by calling random people Nazis except self-validation, but I guess I could turn your Sartre quote around to apply to [autistic pedants].
rexpop|1 year ago
> Never believe that [fascists] are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. They [presume] the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert.
— Sartre (1944)
nataliste|1 year ago
Honestly, I don't understand what kind of effect you hope to achieve by calling random people Nazis except self-validation, but I guess I could turn your Sartre quote around to apply to [autistic pedants].