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9d ago
That doesn't really seem compatible with all the extreme social justice stuff that is/was big quite recently.
I'd say it's more a hammer to move people who aren't "with it" in the "with it" direction.
Listening
10d ago
What value is there in an "Overmind" when every man is an agent in his own right?
Well, if they win we'll find out. And if they lose they'll be reduced to chunky salsa and I won't have to hear about it ever again. So either way really.
You couldn't say 'We're the good guys' and do bad-guy things.
You absolutely can! That's why this keeps happening. You just say "we're the good guys!" und zen you exterminate ze <insert totally-not-immutable characteristic here>. It's the easiest thing in the world. Everybody's doing it.
Listening
11d ago
"Prison abolition" has long meant "let my friends out, but we need somewhere to lock up my political enemies so keep the institution."
"It's bad when cops randomly kill people" has long been less popular than "it's bad when cops kill friends, good when they kill enemies." (With the caveat that most take "enemy" and "not person" as synonyms.)
His comment history is freely available and speaks for itself. Why bother pretending to discuss it one more time? We all know what people like that do with power, whatever nice words they say when they haven't got it yet. And whatever anyone else might be willing to say in public. If you prefer life to death, act accordingly.
This isn't directly related, but - I'm always vaguely amused by this sort of language.
Of course, the Internet has done more to "have people with intellectual disability publicly visible" than this variety of activist ever will - and people's reactions haven't been positive, to say the least. Nor are the activists uncounted, or even uncommon, among that howling crowd.
And of course, they'll say "mental illness doesn't do that!" But they'd still very much like a ... let's say, "more permanent solution."
One can't imagine them ever being happy getting what they're asking for.
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