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minus-squaresuperkretlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 hours 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-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 hours agoAh, the Eichmann defence. Didn’t work then, don’t let it work now!
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoIndeed, they are active participants in their own brainwashing. It is a cult, they have willingly abandoned both truth and reason to be members.
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”.
Ah, the Eichmann defence. Didn’t work then, don’t let it work now!
Indeed, they are active participants in their own brainwashing. It is a cult, they have willingly abandoned both truth and reason to be members.