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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (44 children)

"It's wrong when they do it, it's okay if we do it."

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Keeping a list of people openly putting out fascist paraphernalia is a good thing because people like this hide as soon as the wind turns against them. Don't let them fade into the background.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So...I'm with you. Fascists are bad, and we need to make sure that Fascists can't hide their fascism when and if we get this country sorted and back on its feet. But I have questions!

    • How do we ensure that we only catch Fascists? Your Magatmap seems to require an image, but no description.
    • What stops me from cooking up an AI image of somebody I don't like with Trump flags and swastika arm bands and getting them submitted to your system?
    • What happens if this guy was a Trumpet in 2016, but is apologetic about it now and swears he's no longer a trumpet?
    • How do you ensure that innocent people not get caught up in your MAGAt Map?
    • What are we supposed to do with the map afterwards?

    Liberals have a good reason for questioning your methods here. We don't want to become what we hate because when you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares into you. We've seen it happen time and time again. And those of us who look at your suggestion wonder if we will become Nazis trying to fight Nazis your way.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    MAGAt Map is like Family Watchdog. It provides locations to avoid for safety.

    The Ohio Sheriff is advocating lists for retribution and mob violence using a position of power.

    I hope you can see the difference.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Read the other comments here, that map will be used for mob violence, too

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    Was https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Motorist_Green_Book used for violence? I'd say the benefit of providing safety is greater than the risk of bad actors.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Nah, I can't think of anything negative happening based on a list of people, their beliefs, and addresses especially not in the 1930s

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Do you actually know what you're talking about? Do you have anything other than opinion and unsupported questions to offer?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I didn't ask a question, so there's that. Just a suggestion: maybe you should ask yourself how you will make sure that your map is not used for mob violence and how you can make sure that unvetted and outdated information doesn't hurt innocent people. Shitty ideas don't get better by good intentions.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    You're right, my bad. I thought you had asked a question and when I reread I was wrong. Those are good questions. I still don't think this is a shitty idea with good intentions. It might just be a shit idea. Voting hasn't helped. Working with police hasn't help. Advocacy and protests haven't helped. Community hasn't helped. This is just another try.

    Adding property records allows for a way to keep outdated information pruned. If the property sells, it can be removed.

    Also, nothing on the website advocates violence or retaliation. Do you feel Family Watchdog should be taken down?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    I'm sure the sheriff hasn't "advocated" for violence and retaliation either.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

    Reading the article, it's easy to see he has. Looking into his racist rhetoric, it's easy to see he has. Looking at his history... you guessed it!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    What sounds more like a threat of violence:

    We’ll already have the addresses of the their New families...who supported their arrival!

    Or

    You feel safe with [group]? Say, whats your address?

    ?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh, you're actually a full-on apologist. I thought you were trying for moral high ground.

    Have a nice day and good luck on your future endeavors!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Sheriff suggests keeping a list of people who disagree with him politically.

    Most people: "that's horrifying!"

    You: furiously takes notes

    Pointing out the obvious hypocrisy doesn't mean I'm defending anyone. Both of you are terrible people that no one should listen to.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Motorist_Green_Book

    Green wrote his guide to services and places relatively friendly to African Americans

    Green founded and published the Green Book to avoid such problems, compiling resources "to give the Negro traveler information that will keep him from running into difficulties, embarrassments and to make his trip more enjoyable"

    You've completely twisted the reality of what that book is. This was a guide on safe places, not your dystopian private citizen political tracker you're trying to promote.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (25 children)

    it's a war. we're the good guys. glad you're catching on.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (23 children)

    it's a war. we're the good guys.

    Said by everyone who has ever participated in a way.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (22 children)

    sure, but only one side can win. which side do you want that to be?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (18 children)

    The side that's not making a map of everyone who disagrees with them so that they can punish them as soon as they have the power to do so.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (17 children)

    maybe you should leave the country then. i'm here to win because i care about what this planet looks like after i'm gone. there is no place for cowards any more.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (16 children)

    I don't live in your third world country where the only way to beat fascism is with your own list of "undesirables" to purge as soon as you have the power to do so.

    i care about what this planet looks like after i'm gone

    It's starting to look pretty faschy to me either way.

    there is no place for cowards any more.

    But to be clear: you're not calling for violence right?

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    for the record, i care about what happens to the planet. sometimes i say i don't for the sake of my own ego.

    we've spoken before. i think you are a weak person with no solutions, content to allow the continual slide of our western society into dystopia. there is probably no reason for us to continue speaking as our values don't align.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    i think you are a weak person

    You sure, you're against MAGA? You sound exactly like them

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    no i just realize that you have to fight back. in a war, both sides use weapons. are you going to throw water balloons because you don't want to be like your opponent? wise up.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    Fight back ≠ maintain a list of everyone who expresses something I disagree with so I can punish them in the future.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    It's not exactly "fighting back" when they're not fighting you now, and won't be fighting you in the future when you make use of your list.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    but they are making lists. turnabout is fair play.

    look, you've already made it abundantly clear that you are a weak pacifist, so i doubt you're going to make a point that has any influence over the way i think. that's why i mentioned that there's no point to us debating any of this. if our values don't align, you'll just be appealing to virtues that have no merit in my value system. do you understand what i'm saying?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    but they are making lists. turnabout is fair play.

    Who exactly is they? You sure everyone in that list has a list in return? Or are you just throwing them all together because you're incapable of seeing shades of grey?

    no merit in my value system

    Yeah, because your value system aligns more with MAGAts than with us

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yeah, because your value system aligns more with MAGAts than with us

    no. my METHODS align more with them. my values are completely different. conservatives are the enemy. me thinks you enjoy virtue signaling more than effectively dismantling the current systems that produce suffering.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    no. my METHODS align more with them

    "I don't believe the same things they do, I just act in a way that is indistinguishable from them!"

    "...Also the way they act is bad."

    " It's okay when I do it though..."

    effectively dismantling the current systems that produce suffering.

    How does your list effectively dismantle those systems? Because it sounds like the purpose of the list is for after you have "won" and will be used to create more suffering.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    you've lost sight of the big picture and possibly never had it to begin with.

    i am trying to bridge the gap to a world where we use science to better the lives of all living beings in sustainable ways. conservatives are the road block. i have solutions. you don't.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    i have solutions.

    And what exactly are your solutions? I know step 1 is to maintain a list of everyone people accuse of being conservative, what is step 2? I wouldn't want to speculate and put words in your mouth.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    but they are making lists. turnabout is fair play.

    Are the people you are putting on your list the ones making lists?

    I agree that anyone who is actively making a list of people they disagree with politically, with the obvious threat of punishing those people in the future, should themselves be made public and their attempts at terrorism brought to light. This also includes you.

    How is your list being vetted? What prevents someone from adding you to the MAGAt list?

    look, you've already made it abundantly clear that you are a weak pacifist

    Right, I'm so weak that I don't go away when you try to push me...

    so i doubt you're going to make a point that has any influence over the way i think.

    You're not having a private conversation here that I'm intruding on. You are posting publicly trying to sway other people's opinions, so I am going to reply pointing out how horrendous what you're arguing for is. I'm not trying to convince you, I'm providing a different argument to the people you are trying to convince.

    If you want to try to defend your argument you are welcome to do so. If you want to live in an echo chamber of only people who agree with you, you are free to block me. Just be aware that I will still be pointing out the glaring flaws in arguments after you do.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    for the record, i care about what happens to the planet. sometimes i say i don't for the sake of my own ego.

    No one said otherwise, did you reply to the wrong comment? Or did you not bother reading the previous comment before replying to it?

    You've made it very clear that you want the planet to not have anyone on it who disagrees with you, and that's okay as long as you believe you are the "good guys." That's a talking point straight out of Israel.

    we've spoken before.

    I have no idea who you are so I guess your arguments weren't very compelling then either.

    i think you are a weak person

    Ad hominem does not discredit my points that your arguments sound the same as a fascist. If my argument is so "weak" it should be trivial to provide a counter argument.

    there is probably no reason for us to continue speaking as our values don't align.

    If you're only interested in communicating in an echo chamber of people who agree with you maybe this isn't the right place for you.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You don't fucking "win" in any context of what your talking about. For every person who you "eradicate" of conservative thinking just makes the pendulum of thinking swing harder to resist what your attempting to do. You sound like a child or autistic. I haven't decided which yet.

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