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    "Faschisten hören niemals auf, Faschisten zu sein

    Man diskutiert mit ihnen nicht, hat die Geschichte gezeigt"

    “Fascists won’t ever stop being fascists. You don’t argue with them, history has shown that”

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    Why does everybody online insist on misusing “centrist” and “moderate” when they’re talking about spineless, bitch-ass accomplices? An actual centrist in America in 2024 would be very progressive relative to most of the country. It’s a good place to be.

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    You can’t debate someone that isn’t arguing in good faith, and these people never ever are. Yeet and move on, save your energy for the people that have just been mislead by the altright and may actually change their opinions.

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    Honestly if you start to suck like the bigots, it’s no surprise you would start to claim that anyone who points that out is a “centrist” bigot too to be yeeted away.

    Sometimes I feel like people who want to fight bitotry have become cartoons doint a black and white evil vs good. Nope sorry. The world is not so clear cut. It’s a mess. And the word “centrist” can now also be used for censorship. Congratulations. You suck just as much as the bigots now. Hope it “helped” to adopt their tactics! 🤣

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    Found some lovely commenters here that can’t see past the stench of their own shit.

    Why tolerate Hamas/Hezbollah/Iran? Seeking a ceasefire and a peaceful resolution? You can’t debate with them in good faith. Gotta yeet them and move on.

    The Palestinians that ask for a peaceful debate aren’t innocent either. They let Hamas live among them, tolerating the intolerant. Yeet them and move on.

    Accept only the Palestinians that only accept our rule, our way of life. If they don’t, yeet them and move on.

    Gee, golly whiz! Look at Israel going all in according to the advice given in this here comment section! They’re so amazing and progressive!

    … Some people should look in the mirror once in a while and maybe, just maybe they might see the clown hiding in plain sight.

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      You just said nothing at all, my friend. Were you accusing the poster? Was it satirical? Was it serious? Nobody knows. Who is the clown? Is it OP? Is it yourself, the general public, some sucker who replied to you?

      Which is a nice example of how the Internet is weird. Not great for making a point, tho. :-)

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        Might not be great, but you saw a point. So, hey if it works…

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    The fastest way to an echo chamber is to ignore everyone who disagrees with you.

    You should be intelligent enough and convicted in your understanding of any point you argue strongly, that you will be able to identify an irrational or false argument.

    Otherwise when someone you disagree with has a good point that improves your view point, you will miss it.

    Take the show always sunny in philadelphia. The characters are all examples of absolutely terrible people. We use their idiocy, bigotry, racism and general prejudice to further confirm our beliefs and views on any topic.

    It is healthy to listen to bad takes.

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      The fastest way to an echo chamber is to ignore everyone who disagrees with you.

      This isn’t about the entire set of people who disagree.

      It is a waste of time to engage some kinds of people. They are not acting in good faith.

      There’s a Sartre quote about it

      Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

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        I believe it helps to be able to identify bad faith actors. If you have never heard their arguments before then you run the risk of not realising its a bad faith argument. This could mean you end up taking them seriously.

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      Found another one of them.

      Just in case it’s not clear, there are indeed people with ideas so toxic and so dangerous they need to be removed. Otherwise they will ruin it for everyone. When you tolerate the intolerant, tolerance is eventually seized and destroyed by the intolerant.

      This isn’t a case of disagreeing, this is by far the most common misrepresentation that centrist apologists use to try and vilify the banning and ostracizing of bigots and harmful ideology. There is no comparison to disagreeing about flavors of ice cream, to not wanting someone who hates trans people in your community where trans people hang out. Any attempt to do so is a bad faith comparison, because they are not equivalent.

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        How do you know what a toxic idea is if you never hear one. It is helpful to know what is wrong when trying to determine what is right.

        I never said let people with bad takes in. I said hear them and disagree with them. Having such terrible takes in the air is a great way to strengthen your position when you are able to point out the absurdity of the bad argument.

        If we close ourselves off to all the arguments we dont like then we run the risk of becoming so entrenched in our own opinion being the only right one that we never let anyone tell us we are wrong.

        Finding the right path is a group effort, and it takes good and bad views to get there.

        Just look at your agument, its so matter of fact. It feels like you have determined the correct position so all other views are wrong. The opening sentence “found another one” is enough to see this. You arent right automatically because you have had enough people agree with you. Especially whn you reject any opposing or even slightly different view point.

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    You should engage them in debate though. The people who need to do so are always such cowards that they’d rather ban and run.

    It’s easy as fuck to outmaneuver one of those dipshits. And it’s funny as fuck when they stomp off mad because you made them look like an idiot.

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      But it’s not a debate. They have no interest in listening to you, any facts you present, nor presenting any disputing facts.

      Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. ― George Bernard Shaw

      I’d argue it’s better to make fun of the fascists!

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      Fascism demands a response. When it stands without objection, it grows. We are obligated to respond, less to convince the fascist to change their ways, and more to extend a branch to those passers-by who might get swept away.

      Sometimes that responder is me. Sometimes it should be you.

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        The response can also be a closed fist or the end of a bayonet.

        Not a first goal, but still a time tested answer.

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      I fully agree. Why have a forum if you’re not going to use it to show how stupid chuds really are?

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        You both don’t realize the sheer volume of chuds. It’s great, until you realize it’s endless.

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            That doesnt matter, it’s orders of magnitude faster to generate their BS than it is to write even one well-reasoned rebuttal.

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              All I know is that the lead-poisoned boomers are going to die soon and we won’t have nearly as much of that bullshit to deal with.

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              That may be true, but have you considered the space lizards? They’re the ones controlling the whether or not your child gets an armed babysitter or transed when they use the litter box at school.

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              Those are just the people that vote. If we didn’t have MLs telling each other that voting is useless maybe the election results would be different.