@tess Sartre is talking more specifically about open anti-semites here, but it applies to fascists generally, from his "Anti-semite and Jew": "Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. [...]