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  • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlWeapons Of Mass Deception
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    3 days ago

    I guess reading comprehension is that bad. Here was the rest of the comment:

    The justification for attacking them is that they need to be stopped before they cross the line.

    I’m not saying I agree with this line of reasoning, but the clear idea is that Iran doesn’t currently have nuclear weapons.










  • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlHave some civility.
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    1 month ago

    Sorry, but you are suggesting that the best strategy possible to stop the genocide is to be nice to the person committing the genocide

    No, I suggested we adopt the best strategy regardless of what it is.

    You said that even if the best strategy possible is to be nice, you wouldn’t consider doing do.


  • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlHave some civility.
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    1 month ago

    Great, I’ll make sure to report you to the mods if your openly admitting to acting in bad faith.

    Feel free to do that, if I’ve broken the rules they should remove my comment. I didnt realize this was getting so personal so I will take this as the end of the convo, even across the other threads, just letting you know so you don’t waste time replying to those.

    It would only be a compliment if you were trying to capture the flaw in liberalism.

    I was.

    Again, I appreciate the compliment. Take care.



  • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlHave some civility.
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    1 month ago

    Yes, I’m glad you understand how a discussion works. Presumably you then don’t want people to believe what you say?

    Is this how you want the conversation to go? Are we gonna both just play dumb and ask loaded questions back and forth?

    Is it?

    Yeah? (You called me a Socialist earlier)

    Because capitalism has rolled over the top of you none the less.

    How exactly did you expect me to have predefeated the system I was born into?

    That’s why, even though ‘your guard is up’, you can’t do anything about it; because you’re just a random person with no power

    You’re not pointing out anything new to me.

    That’s because we communicate using words, we can’t just directly transmit pure concepts to each other. If people can’t understand your labels they can’t understand you concepts.

    EXACTLY!!! Yes! Love this.

    So not as socialism.

    No, as primitive Libertarianism. It’s right there.

    I’m sure hoping you don’t think mob rule by bands of genocidal settler colonists is socialism?

    You told me my definition of liberalism implies the US wasn’t liberal.

    I agreed and quoted a marxist who described the US as primitive Libertarianism.

    Now you think I’m saying the US has secretly been socialist this whole time?



  • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlHave some civility.
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    1 month ago

    Hey I’m sorry. I just gave your comment an actual read and only the first paragraph I initially read was bad faith patronizing.

    In the rest you did bring up points worth responding to so I apologize and I will do that in a bit.

    Just keep in mind I may actually have some knowledge in history and just might be able to back up claims I make.



  • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlHave some civility.
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    1 month ago

    if you’re just gonna continue to be this childish, then I have nothing else to talk about.

    Respectfully, that’s where I tried to leave it 2 comments ago

    And since you’re gonna read this, like it or not, your definition of being a liberal has no basis in reality

    It’s not about liking or not liking it.

    If you’re in a different reality than me, there’s not much we’re going to be able to say. I’d rather spend my energy on people in the same reality

    You can cry all you want about how capitalism and liberalism as somehow separate, it won’t change reality.

    :'(



  • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlHave some civility.
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    1 month ago

    Social rights are great, but you’re ignoring cost of living and material conditions to paint there being more progress than there has been.

    Financially, the average worker has seen the cost of food, housing and transportation increase massively with inflation but wages haven’t kept up.

    The 2008 banking crisis and COVID 19 have only pushed this even further.


  • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlHave some civility.
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    1 month ago

    83% of statistics are made up. Here’s the original comment:

    I’d imagine if one genuinely cares about stopping the genocide they’d be exactly as civil as they’d strategically need to be.

    In the scenario where celebrating Bidens death is strategic I actually made an argument pro celebrating his death.

    It would require bad reading comprehension to interpret it differently than what it literally says.