Mozz compared both muslimss and calanen to the nazis. Calanen said that the comparison with Islam is apt because of the supremacist ideology of both islam and the nazis. Notice that so far the exchange was about sets of ideas.
Next, Mozz invited comparison between the nazis and calanen, with the image of Calanen pushing muslims into gas chambers. A shift to calling a person a nazi and a provocation calculated to both hit Calanen over the head and to draw a response.
My reading of Calanen's post is that he thinks it ridiculous to compare him and others who stand up against islam to the nazis. I think it is also stupid to say that whoever stands up to Islam is ready to shove muslims into gas ovens. It is a stupid and ridiculous question from Mozz. It is one step up from the shopworn 'islamophobe' label.
Calanen's yes is an ironic yes. The irony is to highlight the absurdity. The next sentence in Calanen's post makes the irony clear.
I think it is stupid to label 'nazi' someone's opposition to islam or any other ideaology. Calanen was naive to thing that the 'gotcha' crwod is not going to latch onto it.
I don't think calanen has identified himself with the nazis other than in an ironic rhetorical device to indicate the ridiculousness of the notion introduced by mozz. If he did actually said anywhere else, unironically, that he is indedd a nazi, I have missed it.
It would be better (because it would be honest) if you quoted both his sentences in your signature. But as you obviously understand, that would have no 'gotcha' value because the irony is plain and so it would be pointless for you to quote it. I can imagine that some people might even try to surmise from the above some sort of 'gotcha' value to taint me with as well. I can certainly see Lestat's rolling, lolling, mad eyes.
Again - if Calanen is really a nazi, please show me another quote and I will bollock him mercilesssly. If not, then perhaps you should take off that signature, it discredits you more than him.
Calanen wrote on Feb 26
th, 2009 at 9:37pm:
mozzaok wrote on Feb 26
th, 2009 at 5:45pm:
[quote]Can you picture yourself pushing muslims into gas chambers Calanen?
For the greater good, of course.
Yes, because I want to stand up and stop Islam - I am a Nazi. It's like saying those who wanted to stand up to the Third Reich were Germanophobes.