I suppose it's more of a different stance on the use of the word "fan." Saying you would feel no personal animosity for Hitler while killing him goes quite a lot beyond simply finding him charismatic. I can say Trump can be funny, but I hold a great deal of animosity towards him despite that.

Just my 2 cents.

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I think when it comes to popular figures that are relevant in a way orwell is, the best thing for convincing people is to absolutely steelman and not make any debatable negative claims. Even if that's completely true, you're going to convince fewer people by saying it simply because it's a matter of opinion and seems easily refutable in that way.

Bad strategy. Even if you're not trying to convince the lib people will read that and think your argument is weaker.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 13 hours ago

Point taken, I'll reevaluate for next time.