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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

As to political party, the post is "apolitical" so there is no party affiliation.

False.

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

I make no apology for my tone. However, although I do object strongly to your started position on this matter, I have no quarrel with you as an individual!

And again, any positive effect from his actions was not his goal nor his intent. So giving him credit for that is foolhardy at best. We should stop normalizing putting self absorbed sociopaths on any pedestal, for any reason. Nothing this man has ever done or accomplished is in any way praiseworthy. And we should not encourage him or others who might wish to emulate him, not even unintentionally.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I do not see any benefit on looking for the illusory middle ground in this case.

It all comes back to the paradox of intolerance I think. If you fail to see an overwhelming every such as fascism in very strict black and white terms, you are not only putting yourself in harms way, you are actively allowing others to come Uber fire as well.

Yes. I approach the issue of Nazi shit stains like Musk in a very black and white perspective. And you should to. In fact, given the context, I find your response honestly deplorable. Even if we forget about Musk and focus on the propaganda issue, your response opens the door to assisting the spread dangerous misinformation that very realistically can cause actual pain and suffering.

Shame on you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Well, in short, by definition it spreads misinformation. Even if a particular propaganda message is technically truthful, by design the message has been alerted to focus on certain things while obscuring others. In other words, it's not only inherently subjective, but it's designed to be misinterpreted as objective.

Finally, I do not support any of the common causes or ideas that propaganda is usually intended to reinforce (e.g. patriotism sounds harmless, even positive, but largely is used to encourage bigotry and xenophobia).

What's wrong with propaganda? Everything.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago

Oh, no, you see it's just a placeholder for when he dies.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 hours ago (7 children)

I don't care how positive the apparent outcome; I simply cannot agree with giving somebody credit for propaganda. Because essentially, that's what you're talking about.

We don't need confidence men like Musk or Trump. They have nothing but their own interests in mind. So he accidentally had a small positive influence? Big deal. If he hadn't spoken up, another would've taken his place.

He deserves no credit, just as he deserves no sympathy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

All your Greenland/Canada/Panama belong to us.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Ah hell no.

Real Genius. That's where it's at

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Religion's usefulness is way overestimated. It's a crutch.

And what solution? Religion? Yeah, hell no.

And it's pathetically ironic seeing a zealous reactionary projecting so predictably.

Blow it out your ass, for all I care. ~(つˆ0ˆ)つ。☆

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

There's a loophole to prevent filibuster - 60 votes ends debate, and there's enough fascist Dems for that. So he's halting business anyway.

I say give him some credit.

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

This is a very relevant detail I had missed. Thank you for pointing it out!

 

Not as well known remix of Big Yellow Taxi, and one of my favorites!

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