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Moderate republicans? Have you been on Parler? Moderate is "I think universal healthcare is dumb, minimum wage is bad for business, we need more oil pipelines,
by bavent 6y ago
Moderate republicans? Have you been on Parler? Moderate is "I think universal healthcare is dumb, minimum wage is bad for business, we need more oil pipelines, etc." Positions that are reasonable and can be discussed using more reason. What's on Parler is not moderate, it's pretty much nothing but calls for a violent overthrow of democracy, to be replaced by a society where anyone they deem as a "liberal" can be put to death.
- ex3ndr 6y agoIt is not illegal to be stupid.
- thenanyu 6y agoDepends on how stupid. If you follow the flow of traffic and find yourself breaking into the capitol, you’re out of luck
- edoceo 6y agoMalicious, violent stupidity is illegal. Regular stupidity is still allowed.
- watwut 6y agoNone of those is "stupid". They are anti democratic and violent assholes. But, there is no reason to think they are dumb or that they cant affect thing toward worst.
- ex3ndr 6y agoOh in my home country (Russia) tanks once get "democracy" into the country. I couldn't see much difference between anti democratic and anti socialistic (both are anti-"you") and both a violent. While no one will claim that was a bad thing. In the case of capitol siege they followed the orders their leader. This is not always that bad: unlocking people to do violent things are half of the issue too. You can dream about killing someone, thinking about suicide or whatever - difference is if it will lead to action. Unlocking people to attack capitol or commit suicide are also a crime and in both cases target is not capable to think clearly. Why we treat two cases differently?
- watwut 6y agoWhen was Russia invaded by pro-democracy tanks? I do remember Russia invading other countries tho.
- ex3ndr 6y agoRussia literally began by firing from tanks at "white house": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Soviet_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat...
- miked85 6y agoIt just depends who you follow and what you are looking for. It seems you found what you wanted.
- roenxi 6y agoDo you have a reference for this? Parler has obviously been nuked off the internet for the last week, so I think asking for sources is a fairer request than normal. Most people had never heard of Parler before it got banned, and "I clearly remember that the site was made up of violent, bloodthirsty terrorists!" isn't a neutral opinion at the moment.
- alsetmusic 6y agoI was able to find a screenshot easily by searching “parler screenshot violence”: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2021/01/08/apple-warns-parler-of-imminent-ban-due-to-serious-app-store-guideline-violations/?sh=2f8a4eb66823 https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2021/01/08/apple-w... “… Prepare our weapons, and then go hunting…”
- nec4b 6y agoAs if twitter is not full of that vile crap from both sides of the spectrum?
- bavent 6y agoGot any sources for left wing stuff on Twitter like that?
- nec4b 6y agoTwo well known out of my head: https://twitter.com/dave_suspect/status/1268950685577547781 https://twitter.com/dave_suspect/status/1268950685577547781 https://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_small_article/public/blogs/kathygriffintweet.jpg?itok=N9YYOBOZ https://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_small_a... If you have the stomach for it you can just start going through some of the threads of well known left wing people and you'll soon find the extremists posts in between that you can follow further.
- bavent 6y ago
- concordDance 6y agoThose are right-wing economic positions, I think you'd find all right wing social positions abhorent. Even "we need to ban immigration from poor and disfunctional countries" is likely to be termed racist and not "moderate". Let alone things like "the word "woman" should not be used to refer to so-called "transwomen"" or "buggery is dangerous and should be made illegal".