• drislands@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    You cut that shit out right now.

    They’re reprehensible, obviously. But that doesn’t make that not human. That’s the same kind of rhetoric that leads to folks believing they could never make bad or evil choices, because “only a monster would make that choice, and I’m not a monster”.

    And then you think no choice you make can be that bad, because you’re a good person after all. This is precisely the kind of train of thought that the modern-day Republicans have when they take away human rights, and you should never allow yourself to fall into this trap.

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      10 months ago

      You cut that shit out right now.

      It is reaping what you sow… and they are not alone.

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        10 months ago

        “Reaping what you sow” is one thing, but it is never reducing our enemies to less than human. Not now, not ever.

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      10 months ago

      Calling evil evil is not equally evil.

      Standing up to evil is not equally evil.

      Defending one’s self from violence is not equally violent.

      Etc etc.

      #PunchMoreNazis

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        10 months ago

        None of that is the same as classifying your enemies as not human. That road leads to genocide and fascism and we are above that.

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          10 months ago

          Wait til you hear about the Republican frontrunner then.

          Obviously better to police the language of niche leftists on the internet though for calling evil evil though. 🙄

          When people tell you who they are, believe them.