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Jean-Paul Sartre has a good quote on this - he framed it around anti-semitism but it covers othes as well, it might as well been written about QAnon or COVID de
by glogla 6y ago
Jean-Paul Sartre has a good quote on this - he framed it around anti-semitism but it covers othes as well, it might as well been written about QAnon or COVID deniers:
Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.
- hef19898 6y agoToday they complain about being cancelled before going silent. Very good quote.
- NaturalPhallacy 6y ago>Today they complain about others who were silenced before they themselves are silenced. FTFY! Which ironically runs right into the famous poem: >First they came for the Communists >And I did not speak out >Because I was not a Communist >Then they came for the Socialists >And I did not speak out >Because I was not a Socialist >Then they came for the trade unionists >And I did not speak out >Because I was not a trade unionist >Then they came for the Jews >And I did not speak out >Because I was not a Jew >Then they came for me >And there was no one left >To speak out for me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...
- hef19898 6y agoI am not sure what you opinion is. The poem you quoted is aimed at true, real, historically existing Nazis. So it is less applicable at people with somewhat similar views complaining about being called out. Calling them out and confronting them is exactly what the poem advocates for. The same goes for your post about tolerance towards intolerance. And then you complain about anti-white racism, which is not a thing. Care to elaborate?
- throwaway53453 6y agoThe right are not the ones cancelling people. It's better to have everyone fighting like hell than one side censored into oblivion.
- lukebitts 6y ago> The right are not the ones cancelling people The right is the one failling at cancelling people, but they try just as much as the left
- saalweachter 6y agoTell that to the "RINOs". :-P
- glogla 6y agoThey are the ones storming the Capitol, though.