- Authoritarian First Known Use: 1861
- Holocaust date 1941-1945
- Horseshoe theory is attributed to Jean-Pierre Faye in his 1972 book Théorie du récit: introduction aux langages totalitaires, in relation to Otto Strasser.
- There is no evidence that Jean-Pierre Faye has ever denied the Holocaust. In fact, Faye has engaged in scholarly work that discusses the Holocaust and antisemitism.
It’s awfully convenient that anything that could possibly lead to criticism of red fash is unacceptable to them.
Me [facts are making me sad]: the word “bad” is literal Nazi genocide, please switch to “plusungood.”
Disempower the language of an oppressed group, and you disempower the group.
That is pretty accurate. There are a lot of key words that simply cannot be used in political discourse, leaving it almost impossible for advocate for policies that benefits the marginalized. It is a very effective method, as is so often demonstrated.
Just like “great man theory”, i.e. any criticism of Dear Leader Xi.