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    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      17 hours ago

      This feels like trying to explain to someone that you can have 2 different infinities, and one is larger than the other. Both are bad, but one is clearly worse.

      “What’s the difference if you end up at the same place?”

      The difference is that 2 genocides is not the same place as 1 genocide. It is reasonable to criticize the people supporting a genocide while at the same time recognizing that the people wanting more genocides are not the same.

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        11 hours ago

        The difference is that 2 genocides is not the same place as 1 genocide.

        You are already a fascist. You have already approved the genocide of a nation for the sake of what? Saving minorities in America? Guess what you will send them straight to the furnace the moment they become “expedient” to sacrifice for your own gain.

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        15 hours ago

        The only real difference is that there are consequences for you at home in the US and that’s the only part you actually care about

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          5 hours ago

          I don’t live in the US, there are no consequences for me as a result of Trump being president. Significantly more people are being harmed under Trump and I actually give a shit about other people instead of putting some idealized moral high ground above actual human lives.

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            4 hours ago

            Zero genocide isn’t an idealised moral high ground and it’s incredibly telling to see someone excuse it.

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              3 hours ago

              “I won’t vote for someone who isn’t speaking about X” is an idealized moral high ground when the alternative is not only X getting worse, but even more X happening.

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                “I won’t vote for someone who isn’t speaking about X” is an idealized moral high ground when the alternative is not only X getting worse, but even more X happening.

                Fuck you you genocidal prick. Substituting genocide for “x” is disgusting. It’s not “oh there’s just this one bad thing”. It’s genocide. It’s literally the worst possible thing you can do on this planet. And you’re saying other people have an idealised moral high ground because they think GENOCIDE is something that should never be done.

                • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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                  2 hours ago

                  Fuck you you genocidal prick.

                  Right, the person complaining about there being more genocide means they… want genocide? What a useful thought terminating cliche you have there that gives you an excuse to avoid questioning if your own actions could have been better.

                  It’s genocide. It’s literally the worst possible thing you can do on this planet

                  You know what’s worse than genocide? More genocide. I don’t know how to simplify this further for you.

      • BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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        15 hours ago

        The difference is that 2 genocides is not the same place as 1 genocide.

        How do you find yourself typing something like this and not pause for thought?

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          5 hours ago

          What’s worse than genocide?

          2 genocides.

          I don’t know how to make this any more clear.

          • Oppopity@lemmy.ml
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            4 hours ago

            Hell yeah brother. Personally I think Hitler was fucking great and would vote for him in a heartbeat if it meant stopping Himmler from being in charge. /s

            • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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              3 hours ago

              I think Hitler was fucking great

              At what point did I say Democrats were fucking great? They are absolute shit and people need to stand up for something better.

              You also need to live in fucking reality a realize that stopping things from getting a lot fucking worse is worthwhile while you work on trying to get something better.

              Also, Republican’s are the Nazi’s here. You refused to vote against Hitler.

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                3 hours ago

                So glad actual hitler was defeated by voting against him.

                The people who make compromises with the Nazis have convinced you that voting is the most important and only tool at your disposal.

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                  3 hours ago

                  I’m so glad Hitler was voted into power and not Himmler that would’ve been bad.

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                  voting is the most important and only tool at your disposal.

                  Never said that either. You seem to be having a conversation with someone else so I’ll leave you to it.

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      Says who? Yeah, the Dems are filthy neolibs, but all they really care about is money and influence. They’re rainbow capitalists.

      The other is literally based on hate and fear, they might actually care about building a christo-nationalist ethnostate more than money.

      They certainly have some goals in common, but even compromise isn’t going to the same place.

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        4 hours ago

        but all they really care about is money and influence.

        Correct.

        That is why they maintain American imperialism.

        Such as funding a genocide in the middle east.

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          Exactly. They fund genocide because it’s politically expedient. The opposition funds genocide because they love killing brown people

          It’s conceivable to convince one side that genocide is no longer politically favorable. You’re never going to convince the other side to stop wanting to kill brown people. There is no third option with prospects to win.

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            You cannot convince the rich and powerful that it’s politically unfavourable when it’s economically favourable to do genocide.

            They don’t care about what people want. They care about what they want, and that’s US imperialism.

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              I’m saying that it’s possible to make it economically unfavorable. If, for instance, you had massive boycotts or strikes or something.

              No amount of boycotts or striking are going to make the others stop wanting to murder brown people for its own sake.

              That makes the choice clear.

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        11 hours ago

        They’re rainbow capitalists.

        They are rainbow capitalist because of former material conditions. Besides bombing the Middle East because of alleged inherent homophobia and steal their oil or bombing the Middle East because they are slur and steal their oil - is in the end a matter of rhetoric only.