• John Richard
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    21 year ago

    I can understand people disagreeing with them, but kicking sand and attacking people is literally the actions of fascist too. You don’t win people over by attacking them.

      • John Richard
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        11 year ago

        So what’s the plan then? You going to punch the other side in the face to win their votes and show them how anti-fascist you are?

        • @[email protected]
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          241 year ago

          You make it clear they’re not welcome in the community, by force if necessary, and you let them back in once they’ve shown they can be trusted to be a member of the community again. IF they show they’ve changed.

          I’ve been on a committee of people making this decision more than once. Rarely do people change enough to be welcomed back. Community self policing is the only way to really protect yourself when the government shows they wont.

          • John Richard
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            21 year ago

            Where do they go? Do you propose that America has red states where only conservatives should live & blue states where liberals can live? Do you want to put over half of voters in concentration camps?

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                So 30% support fascism according to you, but come elections over 40% are expected to vote for Trump. Who are the other 10%? Are the people voting for RFK Jr. fascist? Would that mean over 50% of Americans are fascist? Do you expect 39% to win in a war against over 50%?

                  • John Richard
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                    11 year ago

                    According to these facts you present, what you’re suggesting here is is that the following time periods in American history we were ruled by fascists and everyone that voted for those Presidents were fascists?

                    2017-2021 2001-2009 1989-1993 1981-1989 1974-1977 1969-1974

            • @[email protected]
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              281 year ago

              Oh no, the slipperiest of slopes attached to nothing but pure conjecture! I will never be hungry again with all of the words you just put into my mouth!

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                  Their point was that kicking someone out of a small club isn’t the same as kicking them out of the state.

                  Your exaggeration of their point is what made it bad, not the point itself. That’s what the slippery slope fallacy is.

                  They saw no point in debating your exaggerated question because it was so different to their position.

                  They showed that they understood your debating technique better than you showed.

                  • John Richard
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                    11 year ago

                    No, they showed that they wanted to engage in fascist behavior against a majority of voters right (according to polls).

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          401 year ago

          Maybe if fascists got their faces punched in more often they’d understand that getting punched in the face sucks and that maybe they shouldn’t advocate for punching people in the face in the first place.

          • John Richard
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            41 year ago

            Was Biden voting against same-sex marriages and gay people serving in the military a fascist once? Will Democrats call Biden a recovered fascist?

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              241 year ago

              You once were a child, making poor decisions. Are you still that way? (waves at the rest of the crowd to hold their comments) No? Would you look at that then, it’s like people are capable of growing and learning.

              So, you fuck that bullshit narrative here and now, past and future actions don’t mean shit. People change for better or worse, and you don’t sit on your ass and point fingers because past or promises, but by current actions, things occurring here and now.

              And right the fuck now there’s only one realistic option for the LGBT+ community in the states, so I don’t particularly give a damn what the fuck happened decades ago. If you’re still stuck in the past, might want to reflect on that. The rest of us have bigger shit to worry about.

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                it’s like people are capable of growing and learning.

                except biden didn’t learn or grow; he has a long history of going with the status quo and the status quo currently says that gays are okay and if gays were not okay tomorrow with the status quo; biden would tow that line as well.

                and i wish i had your privilege of ignoring the recent past; we’ve learned from it because it was so painful and we’re still trying to recover.

              • John Richard
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                31 year ago

                If you’re worried about LGBTQ+ community then you’d be advocating for Biden to step down.

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      81 year ago

      You don’t, but at this point if they haven’t chosen the correct side it’s kind of on them.

      • John Richard
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        41 year ago

        So you attack them & tell them it is their fault that you’re attacking them? Kind of like how an abuser would blame the abused?

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          151 year ago

          Your analogy assumes innocence. In fact, it’s so strained that I have to believe you’re operating in bad faith here, or made a lapse in judgement.

      • memfree
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        231 year ago

        Reminds me of a piece that is gone – but the below rephrase comes from here: https://mstdn.social/@ZhiZhu/109502665651546617

        "The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance, not as a moral standard, but as a social contract.

        If someone does not abide by the contract, then they are not covered by it.

        In other words: The intolerant are not following the rules of the social contract of mutual tolerance.

        Since they have broken the terms of the contract, they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intolerance should NOT be tolerated."

      • John Richard
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        21 year ago

        So do you have a link or somewhere I can learn more about your domestic terrorist organization?