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needthosepylons, 4 days ago

This comment needs way more approval

needthosepylons, 4 days ago

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needthosepylons, 4 days ago

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needthosepylons, 5 days ago

Alternatively, people may think they’re expressing “criticism” while just being blunt and cruel. Criticism doesn’t mean belittling someone.

And I know too much about this, as a teacher. Some of my colleagues wish they were little tyrants…

needthosepylons, 5 days ago

Welcome home!

needthosepylons, 13 days ago

And I think this exact quote is from the movie. It’s a bit different in the book IIRC, but I prefer this one.

needthosepylons, 1 month ago

Ohhh. That explains quite a few things.

needthosepylons, 1 month ago

That smile… That damn smile…

needthosepylons, 1 month ago

It’s indeed the name of a band

needthosepylons, 1 month ago

I don’t completely agree with your point but I feel it somehow. The question would be : what would be the opposite of this ? As you surely know, compromise, while crucial, also has its dangers.

needthosepylons, 1 month ago

Tbh, I wouldn’t think someone calling you a fascist for voting Biden should be taken seriously. Although, as an abstentionist, I disagree with your strategy. I value other ways to act and can’t resolve myself to vote for this kind of politicians.

That being said, we have our estimates of what will actually stop fascists and what cannot. Voting, imo, is a strategy. If someday I’m not able to contribute meaningfully to the type of political endeavors I’m taking part in, I’ll probably start voting for this kind of candidates.

My own motto would be “do as you believe us best, as long as you’re trying to do something to slow down of repel the fascists. We’ll see what was and wasn’t effective later”

needthosepylons, 1 month ago

While I agree the issue is complex and everything is not about troopers being inherently mean and brutal, sometimes, one also has to name things plainly.

Hence, ACAB. CQFD.

needthosepylons, 2 months ago

I really don’t understand what Liberal means in an American context. I’m a certified anarchist myself, hang out with left leaning folks from all walks of life, some very moderate, some more radical than I am and I never heard these types of comments and attacks. I sincerely don’t get it. Is it some kind of Twitter trend I’m too lemming to understand? Are America and Europe so different? Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for calling out racists and sexists, but I don’t think I’ve seen those terms being applied to people for frivolous or far fetched reasons.

needthosepylons, 2 months ago

Could you link me to one such example if you can think of one ? I’m curious.

needthosepylons, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

There isn’t a direct equivalent in my language, indeed. But isn’t that basically well, “the left” (with all its nuances) ? I often see comments about liberals from American left leaning individuals, but if it’s true that people are called out for being racists, sexists, bigots or whatever, I rarely see this accusation based on nothing, for “points” in my country. I could find one or two if I think for long enough, but in my country at least, I’d struggle to think of people being called out without even strong suspicions of dark stuff going on (sexual harassment charges, clearly racists comments, and so on). So I was wondering if the comment above was just making a classic right wing point, or if there’s indeed something specific with the American liberals.

needthosepylons, 2 months ago

Quitted reddit during the great exodus and never came back (well of course apart from when a Google search leads me there for an [outdated] answer). Came to Lemmy, never looked back and never left since then. I plan on being here as long as there’s an instance standing.

needthosepylons, 2 months ago

Fair

needthosepylons, 2 months ago

How odd. A country elects a fascist who then behaves like a fascist.

needthosepylons, 2 months ago

Another French here. That’s definitely a thing!

needthosepylons, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Millennial teacher here ('85). I have seen it two or three times maybe. But from people who just basically wanted to complain about everything.

I’m in utter disbelief whenever I hear this kind of comment. The young generation is fantastic, and I just hope they’ll keep their resolve to revolt and Wil manage to avoid the traps our generations fell into.

Older people like me should never judge the young. We should either help them, root for them or apologize to them (what a world we welcome them in…).

needthosepylons, 2 months ago

Ah, no, not at all sorry. As you may have guessed, I’m not located on an English speaking country, so I may not phrase my thoughts well. My message was an echo to yours, I was referring to insults towards the newer generation in general. My starting point echoed yours : I rarely hear those, but when I do, this utter disbelief kicks in. I hope that clarifies my point!

needthosepylons, 2 months ago

Boy do I love Lemmy

needthosepylons, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Ah come on. You surely know very well that although Islam isn’t a race, there is definitly something going on with Islam and racism since the early 2000. Many scholars wrote about the rephrasing of racism in civilizational terms, those civs being closely tied (by people who imagine them) with religion.

This post was brought to you by the atheist-yet-bookworm gang

needthosepylons, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Well, you can think whatever you want about this, but please note this isn’t related to what I wrote, if you read it carefully.

(edited my previous post to make it more understandable)