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we need more of this (warning -language) (Original Post) moonshinegnomie Jul 2022 OP
Agree! cilla4progress Jul 2022 #1
YES onecaliberal Jul 2022 #2
BOOYAH!!! Leghorn21 Jul 2022 #3
I think AOC and the Squad could get away with saying that FakeNoose Jul 2022 #4
I think Nancy Pelosi could get away with saying that. n/t Mr.Bill Jul 2022 #5
They should all say it, FoxNewsSucks Jul 2022 #6
"By ordah uv the Pakey Fookin Bloinders" Stinky The Clown Jul 2022 #7
Proud member of THIS one. calimary Jul 2022 #8
Yup joelg Jul 2022 #9
Let's kick some Nazi ass! Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #10
My language has been known to blister paint off the walls Warpy Jul 2022 #11
I'd bet even Michelle Obama would now agree and go low/not high anymore. Funtatlaguy Jul 2022 #12
Proud life-long member! niyad Jul 2022 #13
We should compare 23 and me. I lost my filter with Reagan mjvpi Jul 2022 #16
Pretty sure I never had one. niyad Jul 2022 #18
Tolerance is under no obligation to tolerate intolerance Orrex Jul 2022 #14
I wish that left existed here. BannonsLiver Jul 2022 #15
You got that right. We're the ones who are gonna be running like a miyazaki Jul 2022 #21
Yes. Yes. Yes. Cyrano Jul 2022 #17
Thank You dai13sy Jul 2022 #19
Finally! TFRD Jul 2022 #20
CORRECT Skittles Jul 2022 #22
We beat the fascist maggots during the civil war. The Jungle 1 Jul 2022 #23
BAM!!! llashram Jul 2022 #24
Kick. N/T Upthevibe Jul 2022 #25
Time to read Rebecca Solnit - Who is amazing. GoneOffShore Jul 2022 #26
Buf, their heritage? czarjak Jul 2022 #27

Warpy

(111,338 posts)
11. My language has been known to blister paint off the walls
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 03:28 PM
Jul 2022

so you know which left I hail from.

Seems like there are a lot more people who need to be offended than there were 50+ years ago.

Orrex

(63,223 posts)
14. Tolerance is under no obligation to tolerate intolerance
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 03:49 PM
Jul 2022

I raise this point often in arguments with ignorant racist fuckheads who invariably say something like "If you don't tolerate my views than YOU'RE the real bigot."

I ask them to name something else that they require to accommodate its incompatible opposite. Anything at all.


Of course they can't, because no such thing exists. And because they're ignorant racist fuckheads.

BannonsLiver

(16,448 posts)
15. I wish that left existed here.
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 03:51 PM
Jul 2022

Instead, we can’t even take shots at Josh Hawley without some super lame debate about word usage.

miyazaki

(2,249 posts)
21. You got that right. We're the ones who are gonna be running like a
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 04:30 PM
Jul 2022

BITCH soon enough, if we don't start setting things right fast.

Cyrano

(15,057 posts)
17. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 04:13 PM
Jul 2022

Today's Republican Party really is made up of many would-be Nazis.

I know that many Americans can't or won't see this. But if they take full power, perhaps the resurgence of concentration camps will convince them. Of course, by then, it will be too late.

GoneOffShore

(17,340 posts)
26. Time to read Rebecca Solnit - Who is amazing.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 01:04 PM
Jul 2022

Here's a quote -


“The middle ground is not halfway between Nazis and antiracists. The reasonable position is not a compromise between rapists and feminists, slaveowners and abolitionists, Natives and General Crook. The truth is not midway between the liar and the truthteller. That has to be a factor in all those calls for reaching out and unity. The murderer and his intended victim don't have to agree on what's right. The people who were harmed don't have to reach out to those who did the harming. The people who told the truth don't need to make liars feel better about themselves or what they said. Those who were targeted by this war don't have to do all the peacemaking. Being gracious, issuing invitations -- sure for those who are up to it and see ways to do it constructively -- but not compromising or normalizing hate and discrimination and destruction. If reaching out and finding unity is good, the haters and liars can go find some olive branches and apologies and do the work to leave their will to destroy the rest of us behind. 

Then it begins. The party of hate never had a mandate; they lost the popular vote last time and this time; they may think of themselves as the real Americans and the gatekeepers but we don't have to, and we don't have to enter their gates or play by their rules. We don't have to hate them either, but we don't have to protect them from the consequences of their choices or sell out our principles for their comfort. When you stand on the ground of truth and justice, let others find their way to you. If you stand firm, many will in the end. Not everyone will; that does not change what truth and justice are.”


     ~~ Rebecca Solnit - https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-on-not-meeting-nazis-halfway/

Also - Stealing that image.
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