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There is a certain subset of people, who think no punishment is too great for the sins of the USA, and that all its civilians are enjoying unearned privilege --
by tac19 2y ago
There is a certain subset of people, who think no punishment is too great for the sins of the USA, and that all its civilians are enjoying unearned privilege -- and deserve to be humbled for their willingness to profit from such an evil system.
These are the same sort of people who fly planes into the twin towers in New York to kill civilians, (i'm not making any claim about this being restricted to any ethnicity or religion, just showing that such people do exist)
- wesselbindt 2y agoYour point being? You asked why people are upset about the gutting of public services. I gave you a reason why. This thing about 9/11 is a bit of a non sequitur.
- tac19 2y agoMy point is that your wonderful level of compassion and empathy wasn't heard by the people who voted for Trump. They only heard the first part of the message, of their complicity in evil, and culpability in profiting from the suffering inflicted by evil. What i'm trying to argue for, is a softening of future messaging, that includes your warmth.
- wesselbindt 2y agoRight because what defeated fascism in WWII was our politeness. You're being silly.
- tac19 2y agoYou're missing the point. You didn't defeat fascism, you helped get it elected.
- wesselbindt 2y agoI'm not missing your point, I'm disagreeing with it.