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      4 months ago

      Nope. That’s both a strawman and a false dichotomy.

      I’m saying that the Dems aren’t good enough.

      “Slightly better than literal fascists” is not a high enough bar and demanding more isn’t the same thing as endorsing the fascists.

      If that’s still too hard to understand, let me put it this way: in spite of having done nothing to deserve it, you’re being given the choice between being kicked in the head or stabbed in the liver.

      Objecting to the lesser assault is NOT a request to be stabbed.

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        4 months ago

        That’s an imperfect analogy. It’s more like defending yourself. You may still get stabbed, but you have a better chance of stopping the attacker than doing nothing.

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          4 months ago

          That’s an imperfect analogy

          Of course it’s imperfect. It was dumbed down for you to be able to understand it. Unsuccessfully, alas.

          It’s more like defending yourself

          No it’s not. Saying that everyone being kicked in the head should stop complaining about the assault and in stead thank the assailants for not being the other, worse, assailants is NOT defending anyone.

          You may still get stabbed

          Yeah, that’s the other thing I didn’t cover: sometimes the kicking assailants will just straight up let you be stabbed anyway even if you elected enough of them.

          They’re being paid much more by the steel toe boot association and the combat knife manufacturers than anyone trying to make the assaults stop, after all…

          you have a better chance of stopping the attacker than doing nothing

          Protesting inaction in the face of fascism isn’t nothing.

          Advocating for the rotten status quo that allowed the rise of fascism, though? THAT’S doing nothing.

          Going so far as shaming dissenting opinions, lumping everyone who’s not satisfied with negative peace (the absence of disorder) in with the fascists? That’s WORSE than doing nothing.