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Spiral of silence (theory that people censor themselves if they feel their opinion is in the minority) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago

it's exactly why ignoring nazis doesn't work:

fascists rely entirely on being perceived as the "majority", the "normal people".

it's why they get so, so mad when you call them "weird": they HAVE to believe they are "normal" and their egos can't take it if you point out that they're...not normal.

that's why it is so important to publicly shame them: fascism dies, when it is denied fertile ground to fester in.

fascists are inherently cowards:

the slightest bit of resistance and they immediately fold. (see TACO, for example)

resistance DOES work!