theilleist

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

You have the same beliefs as your great uncle. That's great. Does everyone have the same beliefs as their family members from 80 years ago?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Are you your ancestors? Am I mine?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Me: Just because MAGA's ancestors fought Nazi Germans doesn't mean MAGA aren't fascists.

You: By that logic you are a fascist.

OK buddy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I use the construction "Chekhov's whatever" all the time to signify "something has been introduced so it will come up again later." It's a meme now. It has outgrown the gun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Thou shalt not make a machine which becomes recursively worse at generating the likeness of a man.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Did you mean the 25th amendment? Article 12 just describes the process for electing the president and VP.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (6 children)

"What? This group of fascists has absolutely nothing to do with that group of fascists. This group's ancestors fought that group."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Actually, you can disapprove of both hamas and the murder of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians. Simultaneously. Without self-contradiction, even. Give it a try!