• IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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    20 hours ago

    You truly are proving the point I was making. Go back and look at the first comment I made that started this whole thread.

    What if I rephrase to leave out mentioning MAGA, and simply say “the way some leftists choose to communicate is counterproductive”. What part of that statement says anything about actual leftist policy?

    The knee-jerk reactions of people in this thread is exactly what I am taking issue with. Based on a single sentence, criticizing not leftist ideals, but criticizing the choice of how some people communicate, now you assume you know my position on all topics, based on your idea of what a “centrist” is (a term the is quickly becoming as useless as the term “woke”).

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      19 hours ago

      What point were you trying to make exactly, that your panties get twisted when centrists and the fascists they enable are rightfully called out? Again, not my responsibility to tolerate your intolerance.

      If you’re going to keep pestering me demanding an apology, I’ll save you some time and tell you that you won’t get it. Go to a fascist forum if you want validation that the left are a bunch of meanie extremists for advocating basic human rights.

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        18 hours ago

        Again, where did I say any of that? In order to demand an apology, I’d probably have to use the word, or at least one of its synonyms.

        The point I’m making is that if you are actually interested in making any change to society, being caustic towards centrists is counterproductive.

        Think about it. If you want major societal change, you will need a majority of the population on your side. Anything less and you’d just be trading one form of authoritarianism for another. Now if you are dividing the population into three groups (left, center, and right), which group do you think you would be drawing people from? Do you think you can convince them to change with verbal abuse? Would that work on you?