• czech
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    211 year ago

    You sound like you’ve never argued with fascists online.

    They only exist in echo chambers, anyway, and do not debate in good faith. There is nothing similar to what Daryl Davis did except in the most superficial way possible. Go visit /r/conservative and you might actually learn a thing or two.

        • Deceptichum
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          11 year ago

          Hahahaha.

          “You were mean to me and called me a fascist so I’m going to commit genocide against a people’s”

          Fucking ey mate, way to prove me wrong.

            • Deceptichum
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              01 year ago

              Oh fuck up shit sucker.

              If you’re getting called a fascist, take a look in the mirror. If you think being called a fascist explains why people become fascist you’re a fucking moron.

    • 10A
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      71 year ago

      I was active in r/Conservative, and here I’m the primary contributer to m/Conservative. Hi, nice to meet you. When I’m engaged in arguments involving the word “fascist”, it’s rarely me using that word (unless we’re literally discussing Mussolini), and usually me who’s called that for favoring levelheaded conservative principles. I enjoy mutually respectful debate, but I find most others prefer to fearfully call me a “fascist,” downvote everything I’ve ever written, block me, and walk away feeling sanctimonious.

      • Deceptichum
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        271 year ago

        You were active in the biggest alt-right safe space echo chamber in all of reddit? Colour me surprised.

      • Xariphon
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        131 year ago

        I was active in r/Conservative, and here I’m the primary contributer to m/Conservative.

        This is already a point at which you should go home and rethink your life. Everything else you’ve said only digs the hole deeper.

        • 10A
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          81 year ago

          Yes, everyone whose point of view differs from yours must obviously be inferior to you.

      • czech
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        41 year ago

        That’s a hilarious turn; my statement was meant to be rhetorical. But you really have never argued with fascists!

        And I never said YOU were fascist… but I guess that doesn’t fit with your canned response then, huh?

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          31 year ago

          Fascists haven’t existed since 25 Luglio in 1943. You can find a tiny number of exceptions over the years, but as a broad statement it’s true. I’m not old enough to have argued with fascists, and I bet you’re not either.

          • czech
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            81 year ago

            Fascism:

            a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

            Yea wow, we’ve never seen that in the last 7 years!

            I can see I really triggered you with that word. It’s hilarious that you self-identified with it and got defensive.

            • 10A
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              51 year ago

              It certainly does sound like typical leftists if you squint. Everyone in this thread opposing free speech is an authoritarian. But if you actually read that definition word for word, it’s a position almost nobody supports. What’s more, the definition has been changed from the original political affiliation. I’m not surprised Miriam-Webster’s open to redefining words, but try as they might, words still mean what they originally meant. Still, their definition is close enough to the original to demonstrate my point that there are no fascists left, unless you squint and look at modern leftists.

              • czech
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                51 year ago

                Ah, right- There are no fascists but if there are it’s the leftists! Thanks for a good laugh today. Don’t ever let facts get in your way, bud.

                • 10A
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                  51 year ago

                  Hmm, let’s break it down:

                  a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti)

                  Could be leftists, conservatives, or any other political group.

                  that exalts nation and often race above the individual

                  Well that excludes conservatives, because conservatism celebrates rugged individualism.

                  Leftism, by contrast, embraces groups above individualism. This is what conservatives usually refer to as neo-Marxism. It’s also known as identity politics. It’s this idea that we’re all members of a group, and that group gives us our identity. Then with intersectionality, you have multiple groups defining identity.

                  Two caveats:

                  1. Christians are the exception to the rule, where many conservatives do embrace an identity that can be defined as a group.
                  2. Leftists do exalt groups above the individual, but those groups are not normally the nation (at least not in the US).

                  and that stands for a centralized autocratic government

                  Yes, in general, conservatives support small government, while leftists prefer government regulations over private business, government handouts for the poor, government taxation of the wealthy, and government control of every little thing in life — basically big government.

                  Centralized? In the US, centralized means federal control whereas decentralized means State and local control. Leftists generally prefer the former, whereas conservatives generally prefer the latter.

                  headed by a dictatorial leader

                  Not applicable in the US, but I wouldn’t put it past the Left in the near future.

                  severe economic and social regimentation,

                  Yep, see this thread for instance. Leftist love regimented control over what we’re allowed to think, and they love silencing the opposition.

                  and forcible suppression of opposition

                  Oh, you mean like when Biden has his primary opponent, Trump, tied up in court with accusations and a threat of imprisonment? Or, you mean like this very thread where leftists are trying to silence the TERFs? Yes, leftists absolutely love the forcible suppression of their opposition.

                  In conclusion, no, it’s not a perfect fit for leftists, but it’s loosely close — and it certainly doesn’t fit conservatives even slightly.

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                    Great theory, but lets take a look at reality.

                    that exalts nation and often race above the individual

                    Have you heard of MAGA?

                    and that stands for a centralized autocratic government

                    While Trump announced he “plans to eliminate executive branch constraints on his power if he is elected president in 2024”

                    headed by a dictatorial leader

                    See the last point…

                    and forcible suppression of opposition

                    Like Jan 6th.

                    You can’t just make up whatever you want when you’re not in /r/conservative. You are constrained by reality. Nobody is here to delete my posts and ban me for you.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        And did you give such flowery speeches about people’s “freedom of speech” over in r/Conservative when they routinely banned people for not just disagreeing, but for not agreeing enough?

        Or, like them, is your sense of injustice reserved entirely for straight, white reactionaries?

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        Are you saying there are no fascist conservatives at all? What are you some kind of bigot?