• RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldBanned from community
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    Someone ”being a collaborator" is a negative phrase, just like being Infamous is being famous for bad things. No one calls someone a collaborator positively. “In collaboration,” or “we collaborated” are innocent. “A collaborator,” usually an accusation of being complicit in a crime.

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      No one calls someone a collaborator positively.

      This is the first definition. It’s used positively, neutrally, negatively, etc. “A person who works with others towards a common goal.”

      The second definition fits yours, but it’s the second definition.

      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collaborator

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        True. That dude probably just loved team science projects with the Nazis, like Fun With Brownian Physics.

        Collaboration makes the world go round. 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

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          How stupid do you have to be to not understand that the average groyper or antisemitic stalinist goes “hoooly shit based”, when they hear the term Nazi collaborator. You are underestimating how well received the Nazis are outside of most of Europe and North America. Seriously