[Farm worker, looking tired] We should improve society somewhat
[smug grinning dude in a well] You're alienating moderates This is the reason why we can't have leftist unity I am very smart
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Fuck moderates, they'll die when we get rid of all the nazis just like any other piece of trash.
Edit: im talking US politics. The rest of the world has their shit figured out so this sounds wild to them, but here the only way we get anything done is by putting a bullet in our oppressors. Thats the way its been since we ditched the british, and thats the way it was until we shot the slavers. But ever since then, America has decided to cozy up to nazis, pedophiles, and fascists. So when given the option between "kill all trans people, all colored people, and all women" and "kill only the colored trans women" I choose "its time to start loading my gun"
yeah nothing says improve society like killing everyone who doesn't think exactly like you
When the lives of people are on the line, they deserve no forgiveness and mercy when they enabled fascism.
If you did nothing to stop fascists but being slightly rude to people online fighting for a better world, you're a useful moron for fascists.
If the people “who doesn’t think exactly like” us are democrats who are working with the literal Nazis in the White House, then they are nothing more than Nazi collaborators. And the only good Nazi…
I also pretend to misunderstand the people who pressure me not to be a limp dick centrist.
News flash: they're going to put us in the same camps, and apathy isn't going to stop the camps from being built.
Yep, they had their chance to not support genocide and theocracy, and they made their choice. Now their continued presence makes people think we have to tolerate it at we end up with idiots like you.
Yes, getting rid of the bad people makes the world inprove. Glad you figured that out.
Edit: nah, i shouldn't have responded. You're aren't even arguing in good faith. I said moderates, you said everyone. If you can take a look at nazis and at almost anyone else and cant see the difference youre just as bad as the nazis. Thats the one good thing about our country becoming so polarized, its really easy to see who the good people are and who the moderates/republicans/nazis/rapists/murderes/pedophiles/priests are.
Getting downvoted for being actively mad at fascists and their enablers. I wish anarchist spaces weren't infest with liberals.
man, it'll be nice when we actually make some progress in making the world better. If you could stop making it worse, that would be appreciated.
Edit: ah, I was talking about in the context of American politics, where we have a fucking rapist killer in office because of rapist apologists. You, not living in the US, might have a different view of things. But now that my aunt is being targetted by the US goverment who wants her dead simply because she exists, i'd say im pretty justified in being pissed that beople want to "both sides" my aunts fucking life. If you dont have issues with fucking nazis down there, good on ya, mate. But we do here, and the only good nazi, as the saying goes,