A New Word Is Needed

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This has been driving me crazy.

May I just say that “Nazi” is not a particularly strong pejorative word? It has roughly the same epithetic power as the word “Nerd.” Whenever I see someone talk about Nazis, I always think of Indiana Jones and Call of Duty. Fun movies and fun games. And now, I think of Funny Twitter Memes made by Millennials. So … not very scary.

One needs to be about seventy or older to really feel the cultural significance of the word “Nazi.”

Please think of a term that actually invokes an appropriate level of fear in the modern world, okay? Thanks.

Originally posted on my political blog Swamp of Ineffectual Presumption, which was active from 2016 to 2018.

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