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Started by viper37, August 20, 2017, 02:54:57 PM

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Tamas

Quote from: DGuller on August 31, 2017, 06:16:35 PM
Quote from: dps on August 31, 2017, 04:20:36 PM
You get bullied because many people find some of the views you've expressed recently pretty vile (and they aren't the vile views that are socially and politically acceptable around here).
All right, I'll bite, which vile views do we find socially and politically acceptable around here?

Pro-violence as long as the perpetrators wear hoodies and Che t-shirts instead of swastikas?

garbon

Quote from: Tamas on September 01, 2017, 05:30:26 AM
Quote from: DGuller on August 31, 2017, 06:16:35 PM
Quote from: dps on August 31, 2017, 04:20:36 PM
You get bullied because many people find some of the views you've expressed recently pretty vile (and they aren't the vile views that are socially and politically acceptable around here).
All right, I'll bite, which vile views do we find socially and politically acceptable around here?

Pro-violence as long as the perpetrators wear hoodies and Che t-shirts instead of swastikas?

Seems like a mistake to highlight that one as 1) a terrible mischaracterization and 2) that people espousing their actual view (Jacob...I guess me to some extent) are holding views that are considered controversial by Languish.
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Tamas

Well I was harassed for like two days in one of these threads (by you, mostly) for disapproving the notion of political violence.

garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
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DGuller

Quote from: Tamas on September 01, 2017, 05:30:26 AM
Quote from: DGuller on August 31, 2017, 06:16:35 PM
Quote from: dps on August 31, 2017, 04:20:36 PM
You get bullied because many people find some of the views you've expressed recently pretty vile (and they aren't the vile views that are socially and politically acceptable around here).
All right, I'll bite, which vile views do we find socially and politically acceptable around here?

Pro-violence as long as the perpetrators wear hoodies and Che t-shirts instead of swastikas?
I think we have more "I'm just trolling" fascists than we have those.

Tamas

Quote from: DGuller on September 01, 2017, 08:53:09 AM
Quote from: Tamas on September 01, 2017, 05:30:26 AM
Quote from: DGuller on August 31, 2017, 06:16:35 PM
Quote from: dps on August 31, 2017, 04:20:36 PM
You get bullied because many people find some of the views you've expressed recently pretty vile (and they aren't the vile views that are socially and politically acceptable around here).
All right, I'll bite, which vile views do we find socially and politically acceptable around here?

Pro-violence as long as the perpetrators wear hoodies and Che t-shirts instead of swastikas?
I think we have more "I'm just trolling" fascists than we have those.

Our "just trolling" fascists get ridiculed and criticised. Which is the same treatment you get when you think pro-left violence is wrong.

derspiess

Ah, the imaginary fascists of Languish.  I guess sometimes you need to invent bad guys.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Tamas

Quote from: derspiess on September 01, 2017, 10:58:21 AM
Ah, the imaginary fascists of Languish.  I guess sometimes you need to invent bad guys.

:rolleyes:



derspiess

Quote from: Tamas on September 01, 2017, 11:21:24 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 01, 2017, 10:58:21 AM
Ah, the imaginary fascists of Languish.  I guess sometimes you need to invent bad guys.

:rolleyes:

So you think there are fascists here?
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Berkut

Quote from: derspiess on September 01, 2017, 11:30:38 AM
Quote from: Tamas on September 01, 2017, 11:21:24 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 01, 2017, 10:58:21 AM
Ah, the imaginary fascists of Languish.  I guess sometimes you need to invent bad guys.

:rolleyes:

So you think there are fascists here?

I think there are people who tolerate pretty fascist leaning people and even ideas because it aligns with their political views.

Ironically, about a week ago I was pretty sure that set of people was almost 100% aligned with the right on Languish. Now I realize that there are plenty aligned with the left as well.
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derspiess

Quote from: Berkut on September 01, 2017, 11:40:33 AM
I think there are people who tolerate pretty fascist leaning people and even ideas because it aligns with their political views.

So no actual fascists, just people who supposedly tolerate quasi-fascists.  I'd love to hear more on this, if you could elaborate.

QuoteIronically, about a week ago I was pretty sure that set of people was almost 100% aligned with the right on Languish. Now I realize that there are plenty aligned with the left as well.

Yes, we have people aligned with the right (though not many these days), and people aligned with the left.  That shouldn't really be big revelation.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Habbaku

We have plenty of people on Languish that are/were aligned with the right. It isn't our fault that the majority of the right has gone retarded in the last several years.
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garbon

Quote from: Habbaku on September 01, 2017, 12:23:02 PM
We have plenty of people on Languish that are/were aligned with the right. It isn't our fault that the majority of the right has gone retarded in the last several years.

Yeah. The right has gone basically all morally bankrupt.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Barrister

Quote from: garbon on September 01, 2017, 12:24:57 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on September 01, 2017, 12:23:02 PM
We have plenty of people on Languish that are/were aligned with the right. It isn't our fault that the majority of the right has gone retarded in the last several years.

Yeah. The right has gone basically all morally bankrupt.

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