This is a problem I keep running into when advocating for Palestine: I try to amplify relevant voices only to find them using their platform to spread delusional conspiracy theories against the Jewish people (or, increasingly, against Ukraine). It doesn’t change the horrors being committed against Palestine, but it does make it hard to find someone I’d want to be in power to make changes.
That’s a ridiculous idea. If I buy a computer with an OS that has an encryption key to protect the hard drive, and later I need that key to remove my data to another system, I have an entirely reasonable expectation that I’m allowed to do so, regardless of how much the computer manufacturer doesn’t want me to.
you guys make this same brain-dead comment every time someone shows support for Ukraine defending itself from torture, murder, and genocide. what military intelligence and analysis do you have to base this conclusion on? if it’s none, then stfu already
I wonder what the trend of homicides by police looks like
“We will rebuild!”
Yeah, I read the good message, but then saw Homelander and thought, “makes fascists happy?”
Trump derangement syndrome is where a person believes that Trump can do no wrong, is exceptionally strong and intelligent, and has been anointed by god to save the world from liberal vermin. It is rampant on twitter and among musk fanatics.
I know, right? I can’t believe someone is still unironically citing the twitter files, as if they did anything but prove that musk and his acolytes were just creating drama
Conservatives are so dramatic, Jesus
There are some common misconceptions about dictionary definitions, including 1) that they’re prescriptive and 2) that they’re complete. In reality, at least for English, dictionaries are descriptive, meaning they attempt to describe how words are commonly used (where “commonly used” is a non-exact metric whose meaning is decided by the group compiling the dictionary); and they’re incomplete in a number of ways. A dictionary provides a starting point for understanding words we don’t know or are unfamiliar with, but there’s a reason people go to school for years to study specific subjects in depth–a depth that’s lacking in the dictionary definition.
“Bolsheviks aren’t leftists” is an argument, bud. And what you’re supposed to do, if you want to respond, is address the argument, not something else that you find easier to attack
When we’ve decided on what the leftmost remaining instance is, we’ll know which one to call the tankie instance and say it has been promoting tankie propaganda.
No
I see a lot more whining about tankies than I see actual tankies.
It’s incorrect to assume that your personal experience is a good representation of reality in general
It won’t be that hard. When another instance promotes tankie propaganda, it’s the tankie instance. Dialectics really rots the brain, comrade.
Red fascism playbook: when there’s nothing bad to accuse leftists of, make up some future offense
Nothing about that changes the fact that Bolsheviks aren’t leftists. You guys have never seen an argument that you didn’t dodge with a red herring or straw man.
This same “discovery” gets reported on once or twice a year; it’s starting to feel like a FUD campaign rather than actual research