shaunphilly.bsky.social
Here to witness the continuing balkanization of online culture. Echo chambers galore!
Trump sucks, voted for Kamala, and I'm critical of much of progressive and leftist spaces for...so many reasons
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I guess not.
And this is the problem. You're so sure that you are correct that anyone who disagrees is dismissed.
I grew up in the progressive world, and know it as well as I know anything. So I should know when I'm wasting my time. I used to be the same way. Anyway, have a nice weekend.
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I just don't see it as a civil rights movement. I see it as an inflexible ideological movement posing as a civil rights movement. And is is absolutely your fault that it isn't popular.
Maybe allow the mere possibility that your demands aren't always rational nor always based on good ideas?
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Further, my point is that you seem to be one of the type who is convinced that you are right that you never allow anyone to disagree without calling everyone racist, bigot, etc. Even if you were right, this way of talking is just not going to convince anyone (and it's possible you aren't right).
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My concern is with truth. Many of the ideological commitments by many people in this new "civil rights movement" are worthy of questioning. Groups such as this are doing so because these ideas aren't popular, and many of us on the left disagree with SOME of the methods and convictions.
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So, in other words, you have made up your mind before the thing has even happened. If that is the basis for a civil rights movement, then it's a bad epistemological underpinning, and so it is likely to come up with a lot of bad ideas and solutions.
Something to meditate on.
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I think it will create an opportunity for Democrats to become exposed to more ideas. If those ideas are, in fact, racist etc, then that discussion will find that out. Categorizing ideas not already in your bubble as inviting bigotry into your midst is, frankly, prejudice.
Give it a chance, maybe?
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and, of course, all sides will see this as being an argument for their particular set of beliefs.
The goal should to to be able to understand what all sorts of chains feel like, in an attempt to be able to be free from any potential new chains you haven't yet been held by.
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I know little to nothing about Portnoy or his Barstool businesses, but this seems like a good response to me.
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Ha! Yup. Nothing but hate for my trans landlord and jerking off to Elon tweets for me. you got me pegged.
Thanks for entertaining me on my way home today. Bye now.
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I have no idea what Elon says on X (why all the dead-naming?), because I think he's a bag of dicks. Do you actually think you are coming across looking good?
I'm long past caring what I look like, so meh.
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Oh, sweet summer child, I really dislike Elon. I also really hate Trump. Way to assume you understand me based upon tribalistic narratives. Perhaps it's time to consider that maybe, just maybe, you don't actually know much.
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Hey, either I'm stupid, in which case "retard" is my word and I'm allowed to say it, or you calling me stupid is just means to dismiss me without actually dealing with what I may think. And yes, I like Jesse Sigal.nice guy, interesting thoughts.
Nice o of being kind, again.
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And you seems like a sweet, sheltered, "right-thinking" person who has never stepped outside your echo chambers. Touch grass.
I grew up among progressives. I know your type. I see through you.
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Yup, there's that pseudo progressive "be kind" discourse that is endemic here. Yes, I'm a total retard.
*sigh*
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Or is it possible that some Leftists, like any other group of people, are just assholes with a sense of self-righteousness and have turned off other people, some of which are actual Leftists (such as myself). Peeps so not self-aware that they can't even see how terrible they are?
Nah, couldn't be!
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Uh, I voted for Kamala, and think Trump is a piece of shit.
Check your assumptions.
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From the article:
"Taibbi earlier this week posted a lengthy apology on Facebook, saying that "The Exile" was fictional and intended as a "giant satire" of young American expatriates living in Russia."
Seems that some won't let go of cancel culture, even in works of fiction, in your pasts.
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Oh no, it's definitely not courageous if it's a thing you disagree with. The only way to be brave is to do what you think is right.
Self-righteous BS.
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I really doubt Bouie read it anyway. That would be beneath him, after all.
I agree that it was a good article, but then again I'm biased by actually liking Helen and think she says smart things.
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Lol. Yeah, i am not a fan of using EOs for such things, and definitely not fan of Trump. I'd love you to point me to where @jessesingal.com says such things. I listen to his podcast, and I've seen no such beliefs.
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Yeah, he very much is in favor of trans rights (as am I). being for the rights of all people, including trans people, is not in conflict with finding scientific, ethical, and practical faults with the idea of "gender affirming care." This distinction is important.
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Truly one of the dumbest things Trump's ever said, which does have some steep competition. And the people cheering and supporting it is more evidence of the cultish culture surrounding him.
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Well overdue.
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I'm not a politician, I'm just a guy who is interested in ideas. I have no delusions that the way I see the world will influence policy or make any significant difference. What I'm saying is that I'm neither lauding this state of affairs nor am I saying that realpolitik is what MUST be.
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The term "no one" seems to imply that I'm either not a person, or it means something like "me and the smart people who agree with me"
It might be the case that caring about the truth isn't popular anymore, but I don't think that's either universal nor ideal.
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The fact that you don't care doesn't warrant you to project this cynicism and/or nihilism to the world at large. Again, you seem to lack understanding that there are more perspectives than yours.
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There seems to be an implicit assumption here that truth is somehow measured by some kind of vote. Is it possible that the truth, or even the good, can lose elections?
I'm certainly not claiming that the Dems/progressives/whatever are right or have the truth, only that they might have some truth.
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That's because Biff was, at least in part, based on Trump. m.imdb.com/news/ni59124...
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Is "piss drinkers" the official title of Jesse fans? Because I'm gonna be honest and say that I'm not sure that's going ro be ideal for me, given that I've been drinking piss LONG before I knew who Jesse was.
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In the progressive world, this sometime takes the shape of calling people bigots. Among many conservatives, it becomes liberal brainwashing. In either case, it is a person so convinced that their worldview is right that they become self-righteous and myopic.
Talking to them becomes a waste of time