If you ask someone who isn’t a Nazi if they’re a Nazi out of nowhere then confusion seems pretty valid. If there’s a premise to it that they understand (by being Nazis or acting like ones) you’d get less genuine confusion.
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PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 2 months ago
If you ask someone if they are Nazis, and their answer is to get confused and ask about the premise of the question, there is about a 90% chance they are Nazis. Non-Nazis will say, “What? No, definitely not.”
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
lorty@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
If the context is 40k, definitely not an unexpected question.
Soulg@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Is there something about the tabletop portion of the community I don’t get? I just like the lore of the universe and if someone asked me if I was a nazi based on that I would be very confused.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Think about it this way, if you joined WWII reenactment, you’ll mostly come across guys that have a general interest in WWII and will play the role of most factions (including Germany if needed). But you will also run into guys who are enthusiastically on the German side 90% and less happy playing anything else. That second guy is most likely a Nazi but tries to maintain plausible deniability
Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I too am confused about the correlation since I’ve never run into nazis playing 40k. Though to be fair I run slaaneshi chaos so I don’t think I’m in their demo of black templars.
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The Imperium of Man is overtly fascistic. Some really like this bit for all the wrong reasons
Hupf@feddit.org 2 months ago
Hellsing Abridged on the topic.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why did the guy feel the need to announce that they are, in fact, Nazis? The giant swastika is a bit of a giveaway
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Right, in that context it wouldn’t be.
nickhammes@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah but even if there’s some initial confusion, most normal people will get to a clear negative answer pretty quickly.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That’s true. But I’d definitely also want to know what prompted the question
licheas@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
it’s a warhammer 40k group.
There’s a 50/50 chance they’re neonazis. (ask if they every play as Imperium… that’s a solid way to find out.)
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
If you know anything about 40K, the prompt should be self-evident
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 2 months ago
Meh depends on the setting. My partner and I are organizing smaller concerts from time to time. If we are about to book an unknown band sooner or later you have to ask the Nazi question.
The setting here feels similar.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Of course setting, their actions and whatnot matter. It isn’t out of nowhere if there’s some context for it that the recipient also understands.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
In 40k where the Imperium are outright fascists, the context is already there
cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
what do you look for in their responses?
surely they dont go „oh yeah we are nazis, you got us“
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 2 months ago
It’s not about “getting someone”. The concerts are in clubs that have a zero tolerance. If there’s a Nazi band on the stage shit will hit the fan. This may range from other bands refusing to play in the same stage to people attacking each other.
You get usually two kind of responses: People are pretty clear in their response: “Of course not” or “Fuck Nazis” are the usual replies here.
Then there are others who get offended or try to discuss what Nazi means. That’s a “yes” in disguise and enough to not book them.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is the answer right here.
stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Tbf, if someone asked to join my discord server and asked if we’re Nazis I would also ask for further clarification. Not because there’s a chance we might be Nazis but because it’s an odd question.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
I’d be wondering ehat did I do to make them think I might be on a Nazi Discord server lol. I get you.
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Non-Nazis will say, "What?
This is also ‘getting confused’, to be fair, lol.
I get the impression that even those agreeing with the Nazi-like stuff are not literally self-identifying as “Nazi”, so I think you’ll get that initial “huh” reaction regardless.
Might be better to ask a more specific telltale question.
alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I mean if they go “well the left calls anyone they don’t like nazis, what even is a nazi”, they’re a nazi.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I would also accept “did you just call me a fucking nazi?”