The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #25279   Message #295350
Posted By: balladeer
11-Sep-00 - 09:03 PM
Thread Name: The term 'folk Nazi'
Subject: RE: The term 'folk Nazi'
As long as there is the possibility that I might find myself in converstaion with a Holocaust survivor, or the child of a survivor, or the child of a child of a survivor -- in other words, in my lifetime, it will remain too soon for me to use the term "nazi" in a humorous context. I think "folk fascist" has a catchy ring -- but then I wonder whether such terms are truly useful at all. Don't they just help us avoid the struggle to find the words to say what we really mean?