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minus-squaresuperkretlinkfedilinkarrow-up45·1 month agoDon’t use the passive form. They aren’t victims, they’re perpetrators. Of course, when all this is over, they’ll claim they “didn’t know”, were just “following orders” or “it was legal”.
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·1 month agoIndeed, they are active participants in their own brainwashing. It is a cult, they have willingly abandoned both truth and reason to be members.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoAh, the Eichmann defence. Didn’t work then, don’t let it work now!
Don’t use the passive form.
They aren’t victims, they’re perpetrators.
Of course, when all this is over, they’ll claim they “didn’t know”, were just “following orders” or “it was legal”.
Indeed, they are active participants in their own brainwashing. It is a cult, they have willingly abandoned both truth and reason to be members.
Ah, the Eichmann defence. Didn’t work then, don’t let it work now!