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[–] [email protected] 206 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Why are millennials killing genocide?

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nobody wants to 'cide anymore

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

People are just so pc nowadays

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago

Has the woke agenda gone too far?

[–] cybervseas 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] maryjayjay 23 points 1 year ago

Cancel culture!

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[–] masquenox 95 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Centrists - making the world a friendlier place for fascism since forever.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Centrist is picking and choosing from each side, not doing a little of everything.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm also picking and choosing from each side, which is why I'm a leftist. Does that make me a centrist?

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just a little casual genocide, nothing major, some dead LGBT folk here, some dead minorities there... normal stuff. Just wanna grill.

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[–] AeonFelis 57 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A little genocide never killed anyone.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Interesting how everyone seems to think this tweet from 2018 seems to refer to th situation in Gaza in 2023.

[–] ickplant 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right?! When I posted it, I was making a statement about enlightened centrism and not even thinking about the Gaza situation. Instead of genocide you can insert any morally abhorrent thing that should not be tolerated. But I get why people think it's related, it's on everyone's mind. Thank you for noticing though.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, the situation in Gaza isn't new and was probably the same in 2018

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[–] yui 42 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I can't believe someone with an anime profile picture isn't spouting bigoted nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I usually see anime profile pics submitting code to Linux open source projects.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's because it's a Nichijou anime profile picture. That's a green flag in my book.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Are you 'murican? I don't think the rest of the world agrees on any of the US's "definitions" of left, right and liberal. From a European POV, the US democrats are really, really far to the right. Sanders might be leaning toward the center. The republicans are a strange mixture of libertarian regarding economical matters and very very right-wing/intrusive on personal matters. Whenever someone even mentions/comments other people's sexual orientation and identity I automitcally assume they are creep that wants to sniff other people's bedsheets. How can you be partly libertarian and also creepily nazi-intrusive? US-republican invention I can't wrap my head around, that is.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Which centrists actually support any amount of genocide?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Plenty of centrist liberals support Israel's "war against Hamas". US president Joe Biden and the Democratic party for example.

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[–] LemmyIsFantastic 26 points 1 year ago (20 children)

You people make up such fantasies in your head. This is far from the common trail of thought.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Bro/Sis this is what is happening in the debate about refugees in Germany right now so no, actually you are wrong

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[–] schnaggle 24 points 1 year ago (15 children)

i hate to break it to you, but there are a lot of leftists that are very comfortable with genocide.

r/tankiejerk

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[–] samus12345 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can have a little genocide, as a treat

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Enlightening comment section. Very revealing discussions on our current political discourse.

[–] dx1 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

"Data for Progress" poll even back on Oct. 21 showed a majority of Republicans wanted a ceasefire. Half of Republicans in this Reuters/Ipsos poll:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/15/poll-us-israel-support-hamas-war

It would be a mistake to characterize this as a left/right issue. That's a classic pattern for drawing up support for inhumane policies, telling "the right" that "the left" wants something and that therefore they should oppose it. This is a basic issue of lives vs. deaths, human rights vs. an oppressive fascist regime, don't allow it to be reframed in these other ways that distort it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Did you see the date on the image? This is not about the war, but showing the absurd position of centrists on extremist positions

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