From: Evan Leibovitch via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org>
... I recoil at the casual use of the terms Nazi or genocide by people witout any effing clue of what they're talking about. At very least, anyone who uses these terms in modern contexts deserves an instant credibility downgrade. Yet I will still engage, just not here.
1. Genocide: the only previous mention of genocide was as a hypothetical advocacy of it. Not a real misuse. 2. Nazi: you are quite right. Many of the people who are using the word "Nazi" these days are describing themselves as Nazis. Inaccurately or aspirationally. Some are accusing others of being Nazis when they mean "faschist". On the other hand, there is a process of misusing "Nazi" that is diluting the term.