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What sort of opinions would get someone onto the cool people list?
Speaking as someone on the list : not giving a shit when right wingers FAFO, unrepentantly vocal trans support and being unafraid to tell people to fuck off
Either that or my 14 year old diabetic torbie
In your view, can someone support trans rights & not be a communist/socialist/democratic-socialist/etc.? Is it okay for me to oppose nationalized currency & support freedom of association? How do you define transphobia? I want to support trans people, but I don't want to have to pick up the baggage that comes with leftism, like bad economic ideas or taking away personal freedoms.
Mate, I'm an Australian. Your entire paradigm is US-specific gibberish to me.
Australia isn't doing so well right now either. We're all screwed. I think Australia as a whole is about on par with Florida alone at the moment. Something has been holding Australia back from developing properly, even more so than the problems the United States has been facing.
you're conflating gender with political parties. We are not talking the same language.
I was alluding to ideological purity tests, but yeah, I don’t think I communicated my point well enough. If you're referring to my trans-whatnot being tied/fettered to economic policies, or at least having the perception of being attached to economic policies.
Thinking billionaires deserve to be shot. Thinking liberals are cringe. Thinking there is no difference between state and non state violence
I would agree that there is no real difference between state & non-state violence, aside from public perception, the additional liability protections that states grant themselves, & stuff like that. However, I probably have the "wrong" opinion about murder & shooting billionaires on Lemmy. I happen to oppose killing billionaires simply because they are billionaires. I don't support murder, & I don't think being a billionaire is a reason for someone to be murdered. Maybe if I were trying to impress a socialist girl, I could pretend to have that opinion. But I'm a terrible actor & an even worse liar, so that's not really my thing.
P.S. I could also just be wrong, & maybe your opinion (about the murder stuff) is actually the correct one. I don't know. If that's the case, then there's definitely something I'm missing.
I never said it was my opinion. I feel no sympathy for them or outrage at them being a target for violence, but I try not to get hung up on what people "deserve." They shouldn't have the power they wield, and if killing them is the best way to take it from them, then I'm all for it.
However, it is the system of capitalism that is responsible for their position, and killing a few of them will not change the system. It might be effective terrorism for them to feel like their lives are in danger unless throw us a bone, but it could easily garner them more sympathy or get them to double down on oppression. In order for capitalism to change, masses of people need to be willing to radically change it.
Well that's the thing, isn't it it? That's your decision to make. That's what this jackass took from you. Worse, they arbitrarily decided you shouldn't even have the ability to have the conversation
Disagreeing with genocide and bigotry even when democrats support them.
I disagree with the genocide stuff (i.e., I don't support Israel), but from your perspective, I support bigotry because I advocate for freedom of association. Which would allow for situations like Japanese store owners not wanting to serve foreigners or American coffee shops choosing not to serve Zionists. That is, you would be free to discriminate even if the reasons were stupid.