[Ansteorra] Nicknames in the SCA-starting a conversation

[Tina Michael]

Ahhh, that is why I did not call them Nazis (hate them with a passion) but
"notzies" because they tell you that is Not period, and you can Not do
that, and that was Not done. Tee hee....
Tina
making stuff up

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:29 PM, SoldierGrrrl <soldier.grrrl at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Tina Michael <tinabetta at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I was thinking the same thing, we are doing this for a bit of fun.
> > Otherwise we would have been drawn to Civil War reenacting ( they are
> total
> > authenticity notzies)
> >
>
> I am going to apologize for hijacking this thread, but I'd like to point
> out the term "authenticity Nazi" is hateful, hurtful and in general,
> something I think would be best stamped out of society as a whole.  Unless
> you know an ACW reenactor that has put large groups of people in prison
> camps, or killed them because the weight of the wool used for a uniform was
> wrong, they are not Nazis, and no one deserves to be called such a horrible
> thing. (Unless they really *are* Nazis.  Then, slap that label on them all
> you like.)
>
> For an excellent perspective on this, I refer to you to
> http://attack-laurel.livejournal.com/65495.html, a wonderful hysterically
> funny peer who puts it into words better than I can.
>
> I have *no* doubt the phrase wasn't intended to hurt anyone, but I truly
> loathe that we've gotten so casual about using the phrase "x-Nazi."  Using
> "x-Nazi" trivializes what the Nazis did, and probably puts an unfair
> assumption on the person being call an "x-Nazi."  There are so many great
> words in the English language that convey the feeling: tyrant, absolutist,
> despot, bully.
>
> I'll take my soapbox and go away now, and I wish you all a very happy
> holiday season.
>
> In service to country and crown I remain,
> Helene Dalassene
> --
> "Whatever their fond sentiments for men and women in uniform, for most
> Americans the war remains an abstraction – a distant and unpleasant series
> of news items that do not affect them personally."- Robert Gates, Secretary
> of Defense.
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