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So only woke liberals are “decent human beings”? Ron Paul is an “unrepentant asshole”?

bitwize 6y ago
By current standards, a big part of human decency is putting the safety of the marginalized before the comfort of the privileged. Republicans as a whole have a very poor track record with that.
- tomp 6y ago
  This isn't exactly a claim based in reality. Republicans get most of their vote from poorer non-coastal rural communities. Elites (educated, professionals, academics, tech workers, ...) vote Democrat.
  - Steltek 6y ago
    Socio-economic class is not tied to moral values or compassion.
    - Grustaf 6y ago
      Being a woke liberal is the only way to be moral or compassionate? Or just the only allowed way?
      - dsr_ 6y ago
        Aligning yourself with Nazis is definitely not in the realm of "moral or compassionate". People wearing Camp Auschwitz t-shirts are declaring themselves to be Nazis. People wearing 6MWNE t-shirts are declaring themselves to be Nazis. A new congressional rep quoting Hitler approvingly is a Nazi: https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/lawmakers-governor-condemn-rep-mary-millers-hitler-was-right-on-one-thing-comment/ https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/lawmakers-governor-condem... People supporting Nazis are Nazis. Salesforce doesn't want to be aligned with Nazis. Neither do I.
        Grustaf 6y ago
        I don't think anyone has said anything about those people being moral or compassionate. It is possible to not be a liberal without being a nazi, I promise.
        throwawaygulf 6y ago
        Aligning yourself with Communists is definitely not in the realm of "moral or compassionate". People wearing Che Guevara t-shirts are declaring themselves to be Communists. People wearing hammer and sickle t-shirts are declaring themselves to be Communists. People supporting Communists are Communists. Communism killed many more people than Nazism did.
- throwawaygulf 6y ago
  >safety of the marginalized before the comfort of the privileged. Democrats have an even worse track record with that if you check the statistics for Democrat ran cities.
heyoni 6y ago
Your entire argument is predicated on the notion that cancelling a movement trying to overthrow a democratic election is a slippery slope. This is false; the events of 1/6 has forced people to take a side or potentially watch democracy die. This isn’t a fringe movement at all, there were congressmen taking part in the riot, our president actively encouraged it and 74 million voted for the guy who refuses to admit defeat. At what point exactly do people start to get uncomfortable enough to spring into action? No one knows for sure, but this seems like a pretty good place.

By current standards, a big part of human decency is putting the safety of the marginalized before the comfort of the privileged. Republicans as a whole have a very poor track record with that.

tomp 6y ago
This isn't exactly a claim based in reality. Republicans get most of their vote from poorer non-coastal rural communities. Elites (educated, professionals, academics, tech workers, ...) vote Democrat.
- Steltek 6y ago
  Socio-economic class is not tied to moral values or compassion.
  - Grustaf 6y ago
    Being a woke liberal is the only way to be moral or compassionate? Or just the only allowed way?
    - dsr_ 6y ago
      Aligning yourself with Nazis is definitely not in the realm of "moral or compassionate". People wearing Camp Auschwitz t-shirts are declaring themselves to be Nazis. People wearing 6MWNE t-shirts are declaring themselves to be Nazis. A new congressional rep quoting Hitler approvingly is a Nazi: https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/lawmakers-governor-condemn-rep-mary-millers-hitler-was-right-on-one-thing-comment/ https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/lawmakers-governor-condem... People supporting Nazis are Nazis. Salesforce doesn't want to be aligned with Nazis. Neither do I.
      - Grustaf 6y ago
        I don't think anyone has said anything about those people being moral or compassionate. It is possible to not be a liberal without being a nazi, I promise.
      - throwawaygulf 6y ago
        Aligning yourself with Communists is definitely not in the realm of "moral or compassionate". People wearing Che Guevara t-shirts are declaring themselves to be Communists. People wearing hammer and sickle t-shirts are declaring themselves to be Communists. People supporting Communists are Communists. Communism killed many more people than Nazism did.
throwawaygulf 6y ago
>safety of the marginalized before the comfort of the privileged. Democrats have an even worse track record with that if you check the statistics for Democrat ran cities.

heyoni 6y ago

Your entire argument is predicated on the notion that cancelling a movement trying to overthrow a democratic election is a slippery slope. This is false; the events of 1/6 has forced people to take a side or potentially watch democracy die. This isn’t a fringe movement at all, there were congressmen taking part in the riot, our president actively encouraged it and 74 million voted for the guy who refuses to admit defeat. At what point exactly do people start to get uncomfortable enough to spring into action? No one knows for sure, but this seems like a pretty good place.