octavio_dingus@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoReddit temporarily bans r/WhitePeopleTwitter after Elon Musk claimed it had ‘broken the law’www.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
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minus-squareDaddleDew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoIf you want to know who really is in charge, just look at who you’re not allowed to criticize.
minus-squareqantravon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoJust FYI, this phrase originates with a literal neonazi. https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/to-learn-who-rules-over-you-quote-wrongly-attributed-to-voltaire-idUSL1N2UE2LM/
minus-squareDaddleDew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoAnd I’m using it against a literal neonazi. Seems fair to me.
minus-squareArghblarg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-217 days agoInteresting fact, thanks. As they say though, even a broken clock can be right twice a day Use of a phrase doesn’t automatically imply agreement with its originator.
minus-squareᴅᴜᴋᴇᴛʜᴏʀɪᴏɴ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoWhat about an arm wave? Same rules apply?
minus-squareArghblarg@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-217 days agoIf it doesn’t 100% look like a Heil, and isn’t repeated twice, after buying one’s way into influence over a blatantly xenophobic candidate with a record of racism, sure.
minus-squareVintageGenious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·17 days agoBroken clock as speed isn’t right or offset? Doesn’t seem to work
minus-squareqantravon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoFor the phrase, “broken” specifically means “stopped”, and the clock is analog. If the hands don’t turn, then they will be correct twice per day.
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoEven a stopped Nazi clock is right twice a day.
If you want to know who really is in charge, just look at who you’re not allowed to criticize.
Just FYI, this phrase originates with a literal neonazi.
https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/to-learn-who-rules-over-you-quote-wrongly-attributed-to-voltaire-idUSL1N2UE2LM/
And I’m using it against a literal neonazi. Seems fair to me.
Interesting fact, thanks.
As they say though, even a broken clock can be right twice a day
Use of a phrase doesn’t automatically imply agreement with its originator.
What about an arm wave? Same rules apply?
If it doesn’t 100% look like a Heil, and isn’t repeated twice, after buying one’s way into influence over a blatantly xenophobic candidate with a record of racism, sure.
Broken clock as speed isn’t right or offset? Doesn’t seem to work
For the phrase, “broken” specifically means “stopped”, and the clock is analog. If the hands don’t turn, then they will be correct twice per day.
Even a stopped Nazi clock is right twice a day.