• JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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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.

  • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
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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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    51 minutes ago

    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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    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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            50 minutes ago

            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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              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.