Everything you need to know about the ‘one million march for children’ to stop the ‘indoctrination of children in public schools’

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The difference being, I have never encountered anyone in real life or on Lemmy who would openly admit to being a nazi

    You guys never do.

    • Nahvi@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Now for your turn. Do you hate leftists that shame your stance by promoting genocide?

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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        I hate anyone who promotes genocide. It’s why I hate nazis.

        Conservatism and wealth are neither immutable characteristics nor cultures. You have provided zero examples of leftists calling for genocide.

        Then again, your definition of “bigotry” is selective enough that you only consider people to be bigots if they don’t like bigots. Who knows how bonkers and contrary to reality your definition of “genocide” is?

        • Nahvi@lemmy.world
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          I hate anyone who promotes genocide.

          Then we should be on similar sides of this argument.

          Does it really needed to be pointed out that Conservatism in the West is based on religious and cultural characteristics? Or are we just going to pretend that most Western conservatives aren’t Protestants?

          your definition of “bigotry” is selective enough that you only consider people to be bigots if they don’t like bigots

          How odd, that doesn’t sound anything like what I posted earlier. Not something I wrote mind you, just the first thing that came up when I web-searched “bigot”. It is almost like you are making up a fake argument, that is easy to defeat, and then pretending I said something like it. If only there was a name for that sort of thing. S…st…straw… I will give you hint, it isn’t strawberry.

          Here is the exact quote I posted earlier:

          bigot - bĭg′ət - noun - One who is strongly partial to one’s own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.

          If you are getting something significantly different than that when you look up bigot, you might try using something other than Google; it has a tendency to reinforce one’s own biases.

          • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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            Does it really needed to be pointed out that Conservatism in the West is based on religious and cultural characteristics?

            Conservatism itself is not a religion. There are plenty of conservative atheists and non-conservative religious institutions. Don’t try to co-opt religion just to pretend that your political views are a culture.

            The only portion of the definition of “bigot” you care about is the portion you bolded. Which you’re using as a proxy for “people who hold political views that are rooted in bigotry.”

            I’m glad lemmy is hostile to bigots. I hope that never changes.

            • Nahvi@lemmy.world
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              There are plenty of conservative atheists

              I have no doubt that there are some conservative atheists, but let’s not pretend that they represent anything other than an extreme minority of self-identified conservatives.

              Don’t try to co-opt religion just to pretend that your political views are a culture.

              I will let Wikipedia do the talking here.

              Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values.

              the portion you bolded.

              The bolded portion was the portion relevant to the conversation, and relevant to Lemmy in general. Even if what you are saying was true and that was all I cared about, it wouldn’t mean OC wasn’t being bigoted.

              I’m glad lemmy is hostile to bigots.

              If Lemmy was hostile to all bigots instead of just conservative bigots, someone else would have called out OC as a bigot. After picking my jaw up off the floor, I would have upvoted then moved on.

              • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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                1 year ago

                You argue semantics a lot, huh? Got any more cherrypicked excerpts of definitions that you want to bold portions of at me?

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                  If we are going to have a conversation can we at least try to have a little intellectual integrity?

                  You wanted to accuse me of having weird definitions of words. I copied the very first link from a web-search regarding those words to confirm my statements, but I am the one playing semantics games and cherry-picking?

                  How about you respond to the actual stances laid out since we got all our definitions in order. Or would you rather continue to throw bright colored fish across the room instead?

                  Bigotry can be towards political stances other than your own, and OC was engaging in it. Agree or Disagree, if not then why?

                  Advocating for mass eradication of a group of people with shared ethnic, religious, and cultural values is abhorrent and could be called genocide. Agree or Disagree, if not then why?

                  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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                    Bigotry can be towards political stances other than your own, and OC was engaging in it. Agree or Disagree, if not then why?

                    Disagree entirely. You choose your political affiliation, and that choice says something about the person who makes it. For example, anyone who is still with the Republican party after January 6 does not consider an attempted coup to be a dealbreaker. They see people marching with swastika flags and shouting “Jews will not replace us” and don’t consider that to be a problem. They cheer when people call for the eradication of trans people.

                    Advocating for mass eradication of a group of people with shared ethnic, religious, and cultural values is abhorrent and could be called genocide. Agree or Disagree,

                    Advocating for it is not genocide. It’s advocating for genocide. I oppose genocide.

                    You point to any criticism of conservatives, up to and including nazis, announce that it’s genocide, and then pretend to oppose genocide in that narrowly defined circumstance only. You would be positively delighted of conservatives’ stated goal of wiping out trans people were accomplished, for example.

                    You are arguing on behalf of bigots in bad faith. I have better ways to waste a Sunday evening.

      • WHARRGARBL@kbin.social
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        Genocide now?

        Genocide is the intent to destroy members of a specific nationality, religion, ethnicity, or race.

        Your hyperbole in this thread is a testament to the comments pointing out that conservatives don’t engage with reason.

        • Nahvi@lemmy.world
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          If we are going to say that most conservatives are white protestants then yes it sounds like a fair term to use.

          Though even if we decide it is the wrong term, calling for the eradication of large parts of the population based on religious, cultural and a political affiliation is still abhorrent.