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b. vezjak ■ radical hate speech: the fascination with hitler and fascism ...
of Hitler; no, in all likelihood, the users carry no such convictions. On
the other hand, the declaration of their position on the level of utteranc-
es cannot be neglected: the enthusiasm over the Führer, gas chambers and
concentrations camps, which are to be reused. These remain their core
message; one whose significance must not and cannot be simply waved
off as empty talk, nor can it be examined separated from the social and
media practices in which flirting with fascist leaders and the subscription
to their ideas seems to be becoming the norm. Or, as Timothy Snyder
(2018) ominously wrote: “Some Americans ask: What is wrong with the
Internet? Others ask: Can fascism return? These questions are the same
question.”
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of Hitler; no, in all likelihood, the users carry no such convictions. On
the other hand, the declaration of their position on the level of utteranc-
es cannot be neglected: the enthusiasm over the Führer, gas chambers and
concentrations camps, which are to be reused. These remain their core
message; one whose significance must not and cannot be simply waved
off as empty talk, nor can it be examined separated from the social and
media practices in which flirting with fascist leaders and the subscription
to their ideas seems to be becoming the norm. Or, as Timothy Snyder
(2018) ominously wrote: “Some Americans ask: What is wrong with the
Internet? Others ask: Can fascism return? These questions are the same
question.”
References
Alič, J. (2018) Fašizem in nacizem sta med nami tudi danes, Dnevnik,
29.1.2018.
Bučar Ručman, A. (2014) Migracije in kriminaliteta: Pogled čez meje stereoti-
pov in predsodkov. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC SAZU.
Connolly, K. (2015) Germany’s Pegida leader steps down over Adolf Hitler
photo. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/
jan/21/germany-pegida-adolf-hitler-lutz-bachmann (accessed 15.12.
2018).
Copsey, N. (2018) The Radical Right and Fascism. In: J. Rydgren [ur.],
The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right. New York City: Oxford
University Press.
Countering Hate Speech on Social Media. Dawn. Available at: https://www.
dawn.com/news/735034, (accessed 15.12. 2018).
Drury, F. (2015) Actor dressed as Hitler on the streets of Germany tells how peo-
ple begged him to bring back labour camps and posed for selfies with him
as right-wing extremism surges in the country. Daily Mail. https://www.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3266984/Actor-dressed-Hitler-streets-
Germany-tells-people-begged-bring-labour-camps-posed-selfies-right-
wing-extremism-surges-country.html (accessed 15.12. 2018).
Eco, U. (1995) Ur-Fascism. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/
ur-fascism (accessed 15.12. 2018).
Erk, D. (2011). Wer war der Hitlervergleichshitler – vor Hitler? http://blogs.
ta.de/wer_war_der_hitlervergleichshitler_vor_hitler (accessed 15.12.
2018).
Finkielkraut, A. (1998) The Future of a Negation: Reflections on the Question
of Genocide. Lincoln : Univerity of Nebraska Press.
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