• schroedingershat@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      A phrase that refers to someone being openly fascist/nazi rather than trying to hide their true intentions.

      Mask-on: Bush era GOP or current European far right.

      Mask-off: DeSantis

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          1 year ago

          It implies the number of opponents isn’t changing, in a thread about how they increase in number.

          Taking the mask off isn’t always a good sign. Sometimes it means the hate is being normalized.