• masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Sigh.

    Don’t be angry at me. You could have avoided all of this. I give you the option of simply admiting that…

    you prefer bigotry because it protects your privilege and be done with it.

    …remember?

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      2 days ago

      Not angry, resigned.

      I think you have a perspective on the world that I became interested in exploring and for some reason thought you might explain your position instead of insulting me for not already sharing. I was wrong. I give in. I won’t learn anything from you because rather than ever answering my questions or explaining your position, all I ever get is some rant about how awful I am based on some word we use differently.

      I don’t understand by what mechanism you think communism eliminates hatred but all I get in response is bizzare nonsequiturs, rants, rhetoric, accusations and astonishment. At no point did you ever try giving a straightforward explanation.

      If I ask my dog how we can eliminate hatred, he’ll probably go and bring me his lead, and yes, I can kind of see how he thinks that no one could possibly hate when they’re having a fantastic walk, but I’m not entirely sure it will eliminate all hatred, and I know full well he’s still going to growl at the terrier at number 35. I think he enjoys growling darkly at the terrier at number 35, and the terrier enjoys running along the fence and barking.

      Some people think that if they become rich they will become happy, but I think they’re wrong. Being in desperate need definitely makes people unhappy, and we should definitely eliminate that unnecessary source of unhappiness, but happiness isn’t simply the absence of unhappiness, and universal love and mutual respect isn’t simply the absence of an exploitative capitalist elite.