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Saturday, 12 August 2017
quote [ People gathering to oppose Unite the Right demonstration say they were hit with pepper spray and lighter fluid in clash on University of Virginia campus ]
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arrowhen said @ 1:26am GMT on 14th August
"Do we really need right wing neoliberal talking points in addition to the left neoliberal talking points we're already arguing?"
Why not? Arguing politics on the intermet is just a useless symbolic gesture that lets us powerless schmucks feel better about ourselves by spouting our chosen positions. You're never going to talk a neoliberal into changing their mind, and more than they're ever going to do the same to you. A conservative isn't going to have any better luck, so what harm is there into letting them in on the fun?
arrowhen said @ 1:30am GMT on 14th August
"Do we really need right wing neoliberal talking points in addition to the left neoliberal talking points we're already arguing?"
Why not? Arguing politics on the intermet is just a useless symbolic gesture that lets us powerless schmucks feel better about ourselves by spouting our chosen positions. You're never going to talk a neoliberal into changing their mind, and more than they're ever going to do the same to you. A conservative isn't going to have any better luck, so what harm is there in letting them in on the fun?
The real action is when everyone's done spamming their talking points and in another thread start cracking jokes or drooling over tits or whatever and start realizing that those people with those awful political opinions that they'll never agree with are actual human beings.
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arrowhen said @ 1:26am GMT on 14th August
"Do we really need right wing neoliberal talking points in addition to the left neoliberal talking points we're already arguing?"
Why not? Arguing politics on the intermet is just a useless symbolic gesture that lets us powerless schmucks feel better about ourselves by spouting our chosen positions. You're never going to talk a neoliberal into changing their mind, and more than they're ever going to do the same to you. A conservative isn't going to have any better luck, so what harm is there in letting them in on the fun?
The real action is when everyone's done spamming their talking points and in another thread start cracking jokes or drooling over tits or whatever and start realizing that those people with those awful political opinions that they'll never agree with are actual human beings.
Not really sure what to say.