• Poob@lemmy.ca
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      Not knowing who Mussolini is isn’t something to brag about

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        My country’s already had its fair share of dictators. Why would I care about an Italian one?

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          Because Mussolini wasn’t just some tinpot dictator. He was the founder of modern fascism. He changed the entire world. Hundreds of millions of people died, empires crumbled, and history was written because of what he did. He wasn’t just “an Italian one.”

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            Sure, but beware of the beginning. There is a pipeline from “you are wrong because the dictionary says so” to “you are wrong because the state says so”.

            There is a reason that most dictionaries are first published in 1984. Actually there isn’t because it’s a made up fact but you get the point.

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            I have never heard the name but I totally believe you. What are they?

            Edit: I guess I found them. You are talking about “The Anti-Fascist Guide to Grammar” facebook group, right? This is scary and dumb. Pointing out spelling mistakes instead of flaws in their logic, spreads their narrative without putting a counter narrative beside it.