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RE: https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/116822794494385859 > "if you stand on a soapbox and you match him with rhetoric, you’re just as bad as he is…but if you can make people laugh at him, then you’re one up on him." Mel Brooks is a genius about the utility of comedy. "As bad as he is?" Maybe? Engage as if their angle is worth debate, you lower yourself and elevate the fascist. I can see it. But Mel Brooks and Blues Brothers in my head, that skinhead never had a chance recruiting me in high school. "I hate Bremerton Nazis" and half the bus busted up.