• sharps89@lemmy.zip
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      7 days ago

      Lemmy users in socialism.ml actually define Putin as progressive (I wish I was joking)

      EDIT: look at them all brigading me below. PUTIN SUCKS and North Korea is an authoritarian shithole!

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              Nice Ad hominem, how about you actually engage with the argument instead of retreating to the liberal psychosis of the “Everyone Who Disagrees With Me Is A Robot” conspiracy?

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                  ??? Your comment is an actual ad hominem, do you not know what the words you use mean? An ad hominem is not just “when someone insults you” it is when someone dismisses the argument presented based on the perceived value of the character of the person making the argument - As you did when you failed to engage with the actual argument given and instead talked about some psychotic “bots and tankies”. You have to actually present an argument in order to for me to hit you with an ad hominem, which you’ve failed to do, which is what I pointed out.

                  Now you then also go on and move the goalposts. You and I have not discussed whatever it is you’re trying to discuss, in fact we’re discussing your failure to engage with someone who did discuss that with you. So why would I want to? You’ve so far shown you’re completely incapable.

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                    'Awww look at me, I’m so full of decorum! Why won’t you debate with me: a not bad faith actor!"

                    Why am I seeing this idiotic tactic lately from obvious wumaos? It’s obviously not a coincidence. How about telling Xi not to inflict ad hominem to Uyghurs.

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              What an erudite rebuttal. You sure disproved what I said with the absolutely no information you provided.

              I assume the fact that you didn’t actually address either point is due to the fact that you know what instead dnwas correct and you’re salty your cable news talking heads haven’t given you the right talking points to get around that?

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                  Yeah, you clearly don’t have any actual rebuttal. I’d guess that you know I’m right and it pisses you off, so you’re lashing out. But I really don’t care very much. If your next response doesn’t actually address anything I’ve said, then you can fuck off to the block list and everyone who reads this later can know for absolutely certain that you agree I’m right, you just hate that fact.

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          Lmao, do you actually think that “Uyghur genocide” means that China is carpet bombing Xinjiang 🤣

          “Genocide” in China’s case means cultural genocide. It stands in for forced assimilation. China isn’t bombing every single school and hospital in Xinjiang and massacring hundreds of thousands of Uyghur people dumbass. And I don’t support the treatment of Uyghurs in China, nor do I support Ukraine’s invasion.

          And this comment was really eye-opening. You American libs have made the word ‘genocide’ so fucking meaningless that you just throw it around for every single thing, including regular invasions. You didn’t watch the video I sent you of an actual genocide, did you?

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      The time to argue and complain about candidates is during the primaries. When a candidate for a party has been chosen you vote with the party. Out system is the way it is and no amount of protest votes are going to fix it. Do not vote 3rd party in the general election.

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      No, do NOT do this. This just gives a boundary to the left and none to the right of the Democratic Party.

      Always vote for “progressives” (or ideally socialists) in the primary. If you’re in a red state, consider even voting and running in the GOP primary instead.

      If your candidate loses the primary, VOTE AGAINST THE PARTY IN THE GENERAL. Make it apparent that they either move to the left, or they lose.

      And - crucially - join and form organizations that publicly state they will do exactly this.