• John Richard
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    -475 months 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.

    • @Passerby6497
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      525 months ago

      You don’t prevent your bar from becoming a nazi bar by asking nicely though.

      • John Richard
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        -345 months 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?

        • @TallonMetroid
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          395 months 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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            -275 months 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?

            • @wreckedcarzz
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              225 months 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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                -145 months ago

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

                • @[email protected]
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                  hi, am part of said community. i’ll gladly punch a fascist in the face for being fascist. it’s like a cancer, essentially; you give it any room to breathe & it will take over the whole thing. just look at what happened to the skinhead movement. but, yeah, they want us dead or in camps anyway & civil discussion obviously doesn’t work when fascist philosophy only works if everyone involved is actively playing dumb & as such, not playing by the same rules as everyone else.

        • @Passerby6497
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          225 months 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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            -305 months 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?

            • @Passerby6497
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              285 months 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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                    -105 months 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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                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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                    -155 months 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

      • memfree
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        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."

        • @davidagain
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          65 months ago

          I like that. That’s a helpfully consistent way of framing it.

      • John Richard
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        -255 months ago

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

          • John Richard
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            -165 months ago

            So you keep this information stored on your local computer? Isn’t it dangerous?

                • @davidagain
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                  75 months ago

                  The rest of the conversation is missing, but you seem to be looking for volunteers to be jerked off by you?

                  • John Richard
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                    -65 months ago

                    No the person that removed their comments advocating for violent activities said I should find someone else to jerk off.

    • @Feathercrown
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      85 months 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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        -195 months 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?

        • @Feathercrown
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          145 months 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.

          • John Richard
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            -195 months ago

            It assumes that you’re the instigator of physical violence.

    • @Today
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      85 months ago

      That sounds like the right answer, but really, I’d be right there kicking sand.