drewaustin

u/drewaustin@piefed.ca
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The sentence can be “How rightists look when you criticize billionaires” or “What rightists look like when you criticize billionaires”. Combining both makes a hideous mutant sentence that begs to be put out of its misery.

This argument doesn’t make any logical sense.

Your argument appears to be:

Some labour unions are bad/corrupt, therefore no trade unions should not exist.

You seem to acknowledge that some governments are bad/corrupt, but don’t apply the same logic to them. If the same logic was used it would be:

Some governments are bad/corrupt, therefore they should not exist.

However you instead apply the logic of:

Some governments are bad/corrupt, but they should still exist.

I just want some logical consistency.

I’m not arguing that there aren’t bad labour unions who don’t effectively represent their members. I’m arguing that the existence of bad/corrupt labour unions does not mean that labour unions should not exist at all.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/ndp · 0 pts · 148d

I’ll renew my membership when the party’s executive is purged of the Liberal autocrats. And hey, maybe this time they can an executive that actually listens and works with its grassroots.

Avi as a leader is an excellent first step to reform.

Hate speech is not narrowly defined. It is barely defined. C-9 doesn't even need hate speech.

The proposed amendments in the Bill would create four new criminal offences: (1) an intimidation offence that prohibits conduct that is intended to provoke a state of fear in another person to impede them from accessing religious or cultural institutions and other specified places

Those of us old enough to remember the satanic panic will remember a lot of pearl clutching christians who can easily be provoked to a state of fear that would impede them from accessing religious or cultural institutions and other specified places.

Whether someone intended to provoke such pearl clutching is a matter of interpretation. And pearl clutters have a proven track record of getting interpretations in their favour - no matter how much evidence indicates otherwise.

on conscience · c/flippanarchy · 0 pts · 157d

You could also call it logic.

Or empathy.

Or heck just contrarianism.

Lots of room on the anti-capitalism bus.