Look, I can't help that you have limited real life experience, but the middle is crowded with people of a wide variety of political beliefs. For some, like me, I'm more center-left, supporting things like obvious human rights issues, but I won't go all in on some of the more outlandish financial policies. And I simply will not give machine politics a moment of my life. I've seen it fail miserably too many times to think it can work just because one side does it.

But so when your retort to someone not exactly like you is "you don't deserve respect until you're someone exactly like me and think only how I think," then your genuine intolerance is out there on display, and yet you aren't self aware enough to realize you've just said it.

It's disappointing that you jumped into that within A single comment. Seriously?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

then your genuine intolerance is out there on display

Did you really just "so much for the tolerant left" me? Hilarious. Thanks for the laugh, considering where this conversation started. I'll put it to you this way seeing as the concept seems so difficult for you to understand. If you go around condemning gay people to burning for eternity and telling women things like "your body, my choice" then I am not going to respect you because you clearly have no respect for anyone else.

And just to clear things up in case this is the reason that you're taking it so personally, when I say "you", I am not pointing a finger at you, I am using it in a general sense, talking about the people that do these things.

You arrived here telling me that my first comment was actually about right wingers while calling yourself a centrist, but you've already started clutching your pearls just because I don't want to ever meet in the middle with hateful bigots and tried to shame me into changing my position by pulling "iNTolERant LEft" schtick. So I dunno.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm asking you if you understand if what you in particular are saying is, by it's nature, a contradiction. You were never tolerant from the start, and never really pretended to be. You just think you have labels that magically confer this value on you without having to do the work.

You don't represent the Left as a whole. But you're picking up a lot of cues with Left-leanimg terminology that create a dogmatic point of view, regardless of the left/right side of things.

Friendo, I'm happy to hear your thoughts on this, as it adds to my understanding of a diverse range of points of view. Tell me more.

[–] qed123 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Your logic is bullshit, you are a "clever" one. You know that quote about antisemetism and valuing the meaning of words? That's about you. Logical fallacy and dissociation are all you have to offer the conversation. You wouldn't discern good faith if it was hanging from your fucking nuts.

[–] webadict 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They talk big words and say nothing. It's an argument method where they attempt to look good/smart and goad other people into looking angry. In this particular case, they want you to reply angrily and say "Look how intolerant they are to me, and I was just pointing out how intolerant they really were!"

[–] qed123 3 points 2 days ago

He asks what "specifically" bullshit is. He wants me to waste my time reiterating and arguing against his words which already mean nothing.

If you tolerate intolerance, there is no tolerance. This guy is a fascist through and through, and you are exactly right. I just pointed out what is obvious, and to further engage would be validation for him.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

What specifically is bullshit?

What is the logical fallacy?

Without actual details, it's hard to see this as anything more than just a lazy personal attack.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

From the condescending opening line to the blatant straw man, it almost sounds like you’re replying to the wrong comment.