I’ve also noticed a significant increase in “the right did something awful and the left’s response wasn’t good enough, how could the left do that, the left is terrible, I’m not going to support them” type posts and replies.
Purity tests are bullshit, especially when the things that precipitated the “insufficient” response is literally fascism
There’s a huge difference between leftists and liberals. And I would argue most of the outrage is against liberals, not to leftist not responding properly. It’s amazing how many people still think liberals are leftists. We have 2 parties in the USA and both are right wing authoritarian shitfaces that serve billionaires and if you’re here to tell me to vote for the lesser of 2 evils when both are evil, you can go fuck yourself.
I’m here to tell you to stop attacking the lesser evil for getting in bed with oligarchs when the greater evil is actively murdering people in the streets. I’m here to tell you to stop attacking the lesser evil for bad tax policy when the greater evil is denying children food.
I’m here to tell you to stop doing the greater evil’s job for them.
You can hate the lesser evil without making it easier for the greater evil to succeed.
If you spend a disproportionate amount of time focused on pointing out how the lesser evil is still evil, compared to the amount of time you spend fighting the greater evil, then you are a just a tool of the greater evil.
“But they’re both evil” false equivalency bullshit is a position you can only take if you’re privileged enough not to be ground into dust under the boots of the greater evil. And waxing philosophic about the merits of rejecting the lesser evil while the greater evil continued to murder and destroy is self-centered, self-aggrandizing, callous disregard for the the people whose lives are in jeopardy right now, today, because of the greater evil.
Imagine a German citizen during the Third Reich saying shit like “Hitler may be evil, but we can’t support these other, less evil politicians who supported Article 48”. It’s grotesque.
Go read up on the history of the SPD and KPD and their lack of unity against fascism. It’s literally the same shit happening today where opposition to fascism is incapable of uniting to stop the horrors that would follow.
Buddy, if you think dems are going to roll back ANYTHING that Trump has implemented these last couple years and what he will enact as he finishes his term, you’re living in a fucking fantasy land. The Dems literally campaigned on “Nothing will fundamentally change” when going against Donnie both times. They are happy to see these policies enacted as they aren’t the ones who will take the blame for them, but they damn sure will not try and repeal them.
Lmao immediately calls me a tankie for pointing out how Democrats are the useful idiots of the right. I have, nowhere in this entire conversation or anywhere in my profile, commented that Dems and Republicans need to be shot and killed to progress society. But please, keep conflating points to fit your narrative you fucking snowflake.
When your arguments place you on the same side as a particular group of awful people you need not regurgitate their credo word for word to find yourself associated with their ideology.
Alright, let’s follow your logic: Your arguments place you on the same side as people who were committing a genocide, who vote for the genocide to continue, who expand the police state, who ran on being harsher on immigration than Trump, who sicced cops on peaceful protesters, who had rioters disappeared in black vans, who sought to increase tensions with China whenever possible, who had nothing to say about persecution of queer people, who expanded fracking and did nothing to alleviate the climate catastrophe, who did nothing to stop Roe v Wade from being overturned, who turned on the MeToo movement as soon as Their Guy got targeted, who concluded they lost because they were “too woke”, who kicks left every chance they get, and so much more… but it’s okay because the other team has a fat guy who’s kind of rude about doing the same things AND he’s worse at administrating the empire.
That’s who your arguments place you next to. The other posters arguments place them next to people who oppose genocide.
I’ve also noticed a significant increase in “the right did something awful and the left’s response wasn’t good enough, how could the left do that, the left is terrible, I’m not going to support them” type posts and replies.
Purity tests are bullshit, especially when the things that precipitated the “insufficient” response is literally fascism
There’s a huge difference between leftists and liberals. And I would argue most of the outrage is against liberals, not to leftist not responding properly. It’s amazing how many people still think liberals are leftists. We have 2 parties in the USA and both are right wing authoritarian shitfaces that serve billionaires and if you’re here to tell me to vote for the lesser of 2 evils when both are evil, you can go fuck yourself.
I’m here to tell you to stop attacking the lesser evil for getting in bed with oligarchs when the greater evil is actively murdering people in the streets. I’m here to tell you to stop attacking the lesser evil for bad tax policy when the greater evil is denying children food.
I’m here to tell you to stop doing the greater evil’s job for them.
You can hate the lesser evil without making it easier for the greater evil to succeed.
If you spend a disproportionate amount of time focused on pointing out how the lesser evil is still evil, compared to the amount of time you spend fighting the greater evil, then you are a just a tool of the greater evil.
“But they’re both evil” false equivalency bullshit is a position you can only take if you’re privileged enough not to be ground into dust under the boots of the greater evil. And waxing philosophic about the merits of rejecting the lesser evil while the greater evil continued to murder and destroy is self-centered, self-aggrandizing, callous disregard for the the people whose lives are in jeopardy right now, today, because of the greater evil.
Imagine a German citizen during the Third Reich saying shit like “Hitler may be evil, but we can’t support these other, less evil politicians who supported Article 48”. It’s grotesque.
Go read up on the history of the SPD and KPD and their lack of unity against fascism. It’s literally the same shit happening today where opposition to fascism is incapable of uniting to stop the horrors that would follow.
Buddy, if you think dems are going to roll back ANYTHING that Trump has implemented these last couple years and what he will enact as he finishes his term, you’re living in a fucking fantasy land. The Dems literally campaigned on “Nothing will fundamentally change” when going against Donnie both times. They are happy to see these policies enacted as they aren’t the ones who will take the blame for them, but they damn sure will not try and repeal them.
Get fucked on your lesser of 2 evils bullshit.
okay tankie. enjoy the fascism. fucking tool of the right, doing their work for them. disgusting
The fascism was already here under the democrats. You just didnt notice because the news told you not to worry about it.
Lmao immediately calls me a tankie for pointing out how Democrats are the useful idiots of the right. I have, nowhere in this entire conversation or anywhere in my profile, commented that Dems and Republicans need to be shot and killed to progress society. But please, keep conflating points to fit your narrative you fucking snowflake.
When your arguments place you on the same side as a particular group of awful people you need not regurgitate their credo word for word to find yourself associated with their ideology.
We are the company we keep.
Alright, let’s follow your logic: Your arguments place you on the same side as people who were committing a genocide, who vote for the genocide to continue, who expand the police state, who ran on being harsher on immigration than Trump, who sicced cops on peaceful protesters, who had rioters disappeared in black vans, who sought to increase tensions with China whenever possible, who had nothing to say about persecution of queer people, who expanded fracking and did nothing to alleviate the climate catastrophe, who did nothing to stop Roe v Wade from being overturned, who turned on the MeToo movement as soon as Their Guy got targeted, who concluded they lost because they were “too woke”, who kicks left every chance they get, and so much more… but it’s okay because the other team has a fat guy who’s kind of rude about doing the same things AND he’s worse at administrating the empire.
That’s who your arguments place you next to. The other posters arguments place them next to people who oppose genocide.
Macklemore said he’d never vote for Biden in one of his songs.
Let’s talk about that.
Dude isn’t a fucking saint, he’s a dumbass. Free Palestine, though.
> mad at macklemore for not being willing to vote for genocide Joe
> free Palestine, though
“Coexist” I mutter serenely as I shoot up a mosque.