The problem with people from the Democratic party is some believe in a fantasy known as renewable energy.
If God had intended us to gather free energy in the form of solar, wind, geothermal, or tidal then he wouldn't have killed the dinosaurs off so we can suck up their death juices millions of years later and use a complex and dirty process to convert it into energy.
So the fact that dinosaurs existed pretty much disproves most of the liberal and leftist belief system. If you don't believe me, just ask you local fascist paleontologist!
Who is the equivalent to the Koch brothers in the Democrats?
There's corruption, I just don't know who could be compared to the Koch brothers. Like if you look at what they fund, their reach (and as a result, fossil fuel interest) is in just about every well known Republican organization.
Hm, it's not "participate", it's "makes". No fossil fuels, no 8 billion people. What's so hard to understand? You argue like Charlie Kirk. "I put meme, I is smart". Come on.
Bullshit. He wasn't a plant, he was a paid shill. Without his rizz and his ability to create a platform out of their astroturf garbage, they would have been leaning on Crowder.
don't mischaracterize him, his reputation has been through enough and its disrespectful
you don't have to spit on men who died with libel on their lips
No they aren't. Charlie Kirk was a really important fascist platform creator, he wasn't a plant, he created the platform and then sold it. It is important to understand the enemy.
He was not assassinated. Please don't artificially elevate his status. He was killed, and likely was murdered. But he held no position of authority that would warrant him being assassinated.
He was a piece of shit but you’re vastly understating his position as a political influencer. He wasn’t just a YouTuber or a podcaster. I highly recommend the latest episode of the TrueAnon podcast if you’d like to know the extent of the shit he did when he was alive. While he didn’t hold office, he was hugely influential for America’s right-wing party’s rise to power among younger folk, the most important demographic to get hooked on right-wing garbage.
Edited due to the ambiguity of the English language. Dehumanization is what fascists do. If you want to be more like fascists, don't let me hold you back. If you think you can only fight evil if it isn't human, then acknowledge your weakness and do something about it.
Dehumanizing people is a trait of fascism. It makes it easy to commit all kinds of atrocities because they aren't really people. Why would you want that for yourself or others?
Nope. I only want it for fascists. Pretty easy. What doesn’t work is passive nonsense. Calling for nice talk to bad people is just allowing bad people to keep being bad people. The bad people caught on that they can just do whatever they want because people like you don’t do or say anything meaningful.
Being too soft on fascism is how we got here. If you don’t casually support fascism, you’ll wake up.
Being soft and not dehumanizing are two different things. The fact you can't tell the difference doesn't change that. I'm willing to do hard things to dangerous people. I don't need to trick myself that they aren't people in order to do that.
I agree that fascists are bad people, and I agree that fascists won't go away by ignoring them or presuming their good intent.
But dehumanizing the people you decided are "bad" is literally the attitude that enables fascism. Not only does it set a low bar for what's required to dehumanize someone, but it weakens the kind of self-reflection that helps people avoid falling into fascism. Think about all those MAGA folk who say they only wanted to deport the "bad" immigrants. How's that working out?
People we feel are "bad" should be treated like human beings. Because what's deemed bad depends on who's doing the finger-pointing, and dehumanizing others isn't a great way to bring the information that there's something bad happening to those who don't already agree with you.
55 Comments
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 60 pts · 348d
Charlie Kirk worked for the billionaire class, and got paid to convince people to accept their agenda. The entire thing was always a grift.
rimu@piefed.social · 44 pts · 348d
Meh, the whole GOP is a fossel fuel industry plant. Their money is everywhere.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 348d
You forgot to mention the Democratic party too
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 347d
The problem with people from the Democratic party is some believe in a fantasy known as renewable energy.
If God had intended us to gather free energy in the form of solar, wind, geothermal, or tidal then he wouldn't have killed the dinosaurs off so we can suck up their death juices millions of years later and use a complex and dirty process to convert it into energy.
So the fact that dinosaurs existed pretty much disproves most of the liberal and leftist belief system. If you don't believe me, just ask you local fascist paleontologist!
AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 347d
Who is the equivalent to the Koch brothers in the Democrats?
There's corruption, I just don't know who could be compared to the Koch brothers. Like if you look at what they fund, their reach (and as a result, fossil fuel interest) is in just about every well known Republican organization.
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Koch_Brothers
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 347d
What do you mean? The Koch brothers is the equivalent to the Koch brothers for the Democrats.
AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 347d
Who has Koch money?
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 347d
Koch.
AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 347d
So who are the individuals within the democratic party that are taking Koch money? It would be good to know names of who to point the finger at.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 347d
Why does it matter? Almost every candidate in the Democratic party are serving the agenda of the Koch by not banning fossil fuels.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 346d
Koch brother. One died. No one knows because it's impossible to give a shit.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 346d
See the TV series, Landman. I like the acting and script, but they preach falsehoods about sustainable energy every episode.
I kind of thought Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Hamm had more spine.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · -22 pts · 347d
Hm, you forgot to mention all 8 billion people on the planet right now are a fossil fuel industry plant. No fossil fuels, no 8 billion people.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 347d
Omg it's the guy from the meme
dubyakay@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 347d
LilDummy
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · -12 pts · 347d
Hm, it's not "participate", it's "makes". No fossil fuels, no 8 billion people. What's so hard to understand? You argue like Charlie Kirk. "I put meme, I is smart". Come on.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 347d
You're confusing me with someone who respects your opinion
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 347d
The fact that the population exploded with massive MASSIVE fossil fuel inputs is not an opinion. And your respect, I couldn't care less about.
0ndead@infosec.pub · 27 pts · 348d
And soon he’ll be actual fossil fuel. Fitting.
Nomad@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 347d
Soon'ish.
Corelli_III@midwest.social · -3 pts · 347d
Bullshit. He wasn't a plant, he was a paid shill. Without his rizz and his ability to create a platform out of their astroturf garbage, they would have been leaning on Crowder.
don't mischaracterize him, his reputation has been through enough and its disrespectful
you don't have to spit on men who died with libel on their lips
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 347d
Those are the same thing.
Corelli_III@midwest.social · 1 pts · 346d
Just hoping you are good faith here.
No they aren't. Charlie Kirk was a really important fascist platform creator, he wasn't a plant, he created the platform and then sold it. It is important to understand the enemy.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 346d
He was either being funded since the beginning or started being funded when he became popular. The difference is immaterial.
apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe · -13 pts · 348d
lol. He wasn’t murdered
rimu@piefed.social · 20 pts · 348d
He died in a school shooting?
apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 348d
I mean, that is technically accurate Even though it is not exactly what I was thinking
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 347d
He had the fifth amendment made permanent for himself?
apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe · 0 pts · 347d
You mean the second?
ilillilillilillililli@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 348d
Are you perhaps saying assassinated is more correct? That's just a specific genre of murking. Please elaborate your thought.
laranis@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 348d
He was not assassinated. Please don't artificially elevate his status. He was killed, and likely was murdered. But he held no position of authority that would warrant him being assassinated.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 347d
He was a piece of shit but you’re vastly understating his position as a political influencer. He wasn’t just a YouTuber or a podcaster. I highly recommend the latest episode of the TrueAnon podcast if you’d like to know the extent of the shit he did when he was alive. While he didn’t hold office, he was hugely influential for America’s right-wing party’s rise to power among younger folk, the most important demographic to get hooked on right-wing garbage.
apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 348d
You can only murder or assassinate human beings
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 348d
Dehumanization is for fascists.
Edited due to the ambiguity of the English language. Dehumanization is what fascists do. If you want to be more like fascists, don't let me hold you back. If you think you can only fight evil if it isn't human, then acknowledge your weakness and do something about it.
apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe · 6 pts · 348d
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 348d
Dehumanizing people is a trait of fascism. It makes it easy to commit all kinds of atrocities because they aren't really people. Why would you want that for yourself or others?
apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 347d
Nope. I only want it for fascists. Pretty easy. What doesn’t work is passive nonsense. Calling for nice talk to bad people is just allowing bad people to keep being bad people. The bad people caught on that they can just do whatever they want because people like you don’t do or say anything meaningful.
Being too soft on fascism is how we got here. If you don’t casually support fascism, you’ll wake up.
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 347d
Being soft and not dehumanizing are two different things. The fact you can't tell the difference doesn't change that. I'm willing to do hard things to dangerous people. I don't need to trick myself that they aren't people in order to do that.
millie@slrpnk.net · -2 pts · 347d
I agree that fascists are bad people, and I agree that fascists won't go away by ignoring them or presuming their good intent.
But dehumanizing the people you decided are "bad" is literally the attitude that enables fascism. Not only does it set a low bar for what's required to dehumanize someone, but it weakens the kind of self-reflection that helps people avoid falling into fascism. Think about all those MAGA folk who say they only wanted to deport the "bad" immigrants. How's that working out?
People we feel are "bad" should be treated like human beings. Because what's deemed bad depends on who's doing the finger-pointing, and dehumanizing others isn't a great way to bring the information that there's something bad happening to those who don't already agree with you.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 347d
correct. fascists don't deserve the title of human.
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 347d
He was human. A shitty human.
Dogyote@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 348d
What?
apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 348d
He was just simply sent to a more appropriate place
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 346d
Always nice to see a fellow Grok user.