WaxedWookie

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just a little guy⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Breathing - famous for being optional for those that would like to live.

Yes, there have only been around 3 people killed by them (largely because they’re shy, aquatic, and somewhat uncommon), and intervention can be made to stop them from killing you, but they’re one of the most toxic animals on the planet, and are unquestionably deadly.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We must fix the #PIDact. Government whistleblowers like David McBride, Richard Boyle are not protected⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
If we had to protect our whistleblowers, it’d be harder to get away with things we shouldn’t… which is a bad thing, apparently.

Brought to you by the nothing to fear, nothing to hide gang.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The doctor then had to go and treat that lawyer for being a burn victim⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Let me introduce you to…

The Metaverse!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet ...well maybe not that surprised⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

you don’t have a crystal ball.

Now we’re getting somewhere! Why do you shoot the school shooter - you don’t have a crystal ball - they could drop the gun and surrender at any moment. How about Hitler?

You using (Stalin) as an example of Western fascism.

Cool - distinction without a difference - I’m glad we wasted our time on that when your dictionary agrees with me.

That’s a moral decision, not a legal one.

Great - let’s stop talking about legal stuff then.

You think civilians murdering other civilians is not just a right but a moral obligation, I don’t.

So you don’t agree with killing the school shooter? What if they have their gun pointed at you? Exception after exception.

it’s not murder, it’s combat

What’s the moral difference other than scale? State approval?

The difference between you and I is that I understand moral ambiguity and how to navigate it - you pretend things are absolute, set rigid rules then fall apart the moment you encounter anything that doesn’t neatly fit with your framework.

I would not support telling random people to (…) open fire on civilians

…aaaaand we’re back off what I’ve been saying - but this gets a lot more straightforward once we address the crystal ball piece.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet ...well maybe not that surprised⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

Man, I’m done. You’re strawmanning hard now. At what point did I say fascism is good?

The point is that you’re getting bogged down in semantic nonsense for no reason whatsoever - your nitpicking changes nothing, and if it does, it necessarily means you’re supporting fascism.

You support killing if YOU’RE sure it will prevent suffering. So if you have the opinion that killing Fuentes will prevent suffering, then you’ll go ahead and kill him because as established, you only care about morality not law.

Fuck it - I’ll do this differently, park the nuance for the minute and say sure - what’s your disagreement? If we know someone’s willful efforts and continued existence will lead to mass death and suffering, and their death is the only way to stop that, why would their death be bad?

Fascism

What part of your definition excludes Stalin’s regime?

You’re looking at the fact that both are dictatorships and ignoring that fascism is hard right authoritarianism and communism is hard left authoritarianism.

I’m looking at the definition you provided. It’s irrelevant - let’s assume Stalin’s regime wasn’t fascist. What changes?

Because I think civilians deserve, at minimum, a trial before they are murdered that means I support the Holocaust. It’s a huge overreach and a ridiculous take.

No Nazi court would sentence Hitler, no Nazi court would sentence the SS, no Nazi court would sentence German civilians shooting Jews in the face in broad daylight. You either support this position - i.e. fascism and the Holocaust were legal and fine or your pushback is based in something other than legality. The argument you’re putting forward would excuse all the above. The school shooter, Hitler, the Nazi recruiter, and the German murderer don’t get a trial because the courts are unwilling or incapable of stopping the problem - that doesn’t make the problem disappear or remove your responsibility to do something about that problem.

Dude, I stopped talking about legality (…) Since then it’s been all about morality

I think civilians deserve, at minimum, a trial before they are murdered

Pick one.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet ...well maybe not that surprised⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
You’re back?

Way to dodge the question about if you think killing social media people (not even Trump, just podcasters) is going to prevent WW3.

I can’t make this any simpler - I support it if it does.

Stalinism

Get a dictionary. Look up fascism and communism. Look up Umberto Eco’s 14 signs. You’re lost - do you think fascism is good because Stalin wasn’t fascist?

Nothing I’ve said is an excuse for the Holocaust and I’ve not once apologized for Nazis.

I’ve pointed out why your arguments do precisely this - tell me what I’ve mischaracterised.

killing people (…) is justified if you’re sure it will prevent suffering (at the scale we’re talking about)

Yep - and you’re saying it’s bad because it’s illegal - a standard that excuses Hitler’s actions after the beer hall putsch.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet ...well maybe not that surprised⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Stalin’s regime wasn’t communist, and it checked all the boxes for fascism. Go look up the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact - they only got antagonistic because their expansionism started treading on each-others toes. The ignorance.

I’m well aware of Mussolini’s kill count - go ahead and scale things to the population and average it all out… Or skip that, and explain me the difference this makes to the point.

As for Hitler, the numbers you are talking about aren’t his takeover of Germany - they’re WW2.

…which kicked off because…? Moron.

You are are saying, over and over, that killing people to stop suffering is right. You are absolutely talking about killing people who are SAYING things you don’t like. Fuentes is not an active shooter - I can’t even find a criminal record for him of any kind.

Why would this argument not absolve Hitler or Goebbels of all fault for the Holocaust? It doesn’t matter - we’ve already established that you can’t have a moral issue with their actions because they were legal.

Your arguments amount to straightforward Nazi apologia as you ether lie or paint what I’m saying as my playing judge, jury and executioner. I’m not dishing out death sentences to Fuentes - I’m saying that his death would be good if it prevents more death and suffering. At this point, I think that’s likely, but I don’t think I can know yet. Go spend 5 minutes familiarising yourself with consequentialism or act utilitarianism.

I spit on the feigned outrage and moralism of someone whose prescriptions excuse the fucking Holocaust, and condemn intervention against it because it was legal - absolutely monstrous and utterly moronic.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet ...well maybe not that surprised⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

You seem to think “killing mouthpieces” is going to be some magical event that makes hateful people reconsider (as opposed to spurring them to violence of their own).

Without recruiters and leaders, a movement is smaller, less coordinated, and less radicalised. This is doubly true of authoritatian movements built on lies.

Also, I’d like to add it’s ridiculous hyperbole - 3.8 million people are estimated to have died in the 20 years of the Vietnam war. Just over 900k died to violence in all the post 9-11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

When talking about the threat of Western fascism, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to look at western fascists? Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin… It’s strange you’d point to such unrelated conflicts.

You go ahead and be “guided by morality not legality” while you do try to convince others extrajudicial violence is alright.

If killing a mouthpiece of a genocidal movement prevents the deaths of tens of millions of people, it’s morally correct. Similarly, gay marriage wasn’t immoral until it was legal.

All because you believe killing people outside the law, and getting people killed in return, is productive if you’re sure it’s right.

Its right if it’s productive. It’s not productive if I’m sure it’s right. You’re tying yourself in knots here - it’s very straightforward - minimise suffering and death.

You use the example of cops carrying guns, but they’re not under license to kill everyone they disagree with nor is it considered moral (since you don’t care about legality).

Cops carry guns because some violence is necessary, and desirable to stop more violence. You kill the school shooter to stop the kids getting murdered, you kill the Nazi leader to stop the minorities getting murdered. Attempting to spin this into a defence of killing anyone you disagree with demonstrates either willful dishonesty or a level of stupidity that would disqualify you from this conversation. Stop.

Violence should be a last resort

I’ve said as much.

used only within bounds that keep if from being a crime/war crime

Some killing is immoral and legal - e.g. the use of the death penalty, other killing is moral and illegal - e.g. killing Hitler to end World War II and the Holocaust. Why would you defer to legality in the context of fascists running the government, and being able to set the laws? Why was slavery immoral when it was legal? If your moral framework is based in legality (I don’t think it is, I don’t think you realise that), you’re definitionally amoral - a fundamentally broken human being.

not exercised by everyone at will if they’re pretty sure it’s productive.

Are you going to wait for the fascist government to try the fascist leader, remove them from power, disassemble the means to commit their series of genocides, pack up and go home? This is a material defence of fascism.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet ...well maybe not that surprised⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
You’ve said a lot while adding nothing.

Again, the priority is minimising suffering and death - if Fuentes’ death amounts to a net increase in death and suffering, I don’t support it. If there is a solution to that leads to less net suffering and death, I don’t support his death. If it’s effective at stopping the deaths of tens of millions of people, I’d support it. My preferred solution would be to escalate charges, censure and imprisonment for his work to advance those genocides.

What I will say is that:
- Silencing the mouthpieces of genocide and the recruiters for genocide helps minimises the chances of the genocides,
- Making contributing to genocide a dangerous affair helps minimise the chances of genocides.
- Asking nicely doesn’t do a damn thing to minimise the chances of the genocides.
Political violence is an inevitability - I’d rather it be minimised - sometimes a little violence stops a lot - this is why cops carry guns.

Finally, what you are pushing for is very illegal.

I’ve already said I’m guided by morality not legality, and I’m not pushing for anything specific beyond stopping about the most heinous act possible. I appreciate your concern, but the rest is noise.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet ...well maybe not that surprised⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
No… Stop… Please? Niiiick? I said pleeeease…

I use morality rather than legality to tell right from wrong. This is why I supported gay marriage a few years ago. My moral first principle is the minimisation of suffering and death. If someone is making headway toward killing tens of millions of people, I believe it’s immoral not to stop them, and while the suffering inflicted should be minimised, there’s not a lot that wouldn’t be justifiable if necessary to stop those tens of millions of deaths and all the suffering.

To stand by and watch something like that play out because forceful intervention is uncivil is to be complicit with those atrocities.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm surprised it hasn't been taken down yet ...well maybe not that surprised⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Sure - he might be actively pushing for a series of genocides, and he might be a significant recruitment tool to advance those genocides, but pushing back against the death of millions of people with anything more than colourful language would be immoral.

Scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't tip⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
If you fail to tip them, you’ve failed them too. It’s not complex.

You argument absolves the restaurateurs if consistently applied because the legislators failed them upstream (that’s not to speak of absolving the legislators because of the voters) - I’m saying the legislators failed them, then the restaurateurs failed them, then the people that refused to tip them failed them. There’s not a single point of failure, but that doesn’t mean it’s OK for you to decide to be the ultimate point of failure.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't tip⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
If you don’t want to tip people that can’t otherwise make minimum wage, use restaurants that pay minimum wage. You don’t get to steal those workers’ labour because the restaurateurs and legislators have failed them.

Others industries have to pay minimum wage - your contribution isn’t factored into their base requirements for survival. This is a silly comparison. Do I support an increase in minimum wages? Abso-fucking-lutely - but electricians aren’t routinely being paid less than $3/hr.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't tip⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Me too - though I’ve lived in both.

Choosing to frequent a business that you know underpays their workers, where you know those workers rely on tips to survive, then choosing to take their labour and not pay for that labour isn’t an arsehole tax - it’s an arsehole subsidy, and it’s the workers footing the bill.

I think workers should be paid enough to live comfortably without relying on tips, and that they should be a nice, but entirely unnecessary option - but you don’t get to steal workers’ labour just because you disagree with tipping.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't tip⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Do you imagine that the people refusing to pay tips aren’t fucking over the workers, or do you believe that because customers are fucking over workers, the restaurant owners can’t be fucking over the workers too?

It doesn’t matter - either take is transparently stupid.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon doesn't tip⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

Doesn’t get paid properly to deliver a service you’re relying on.

Tipping culture is stupid, but that doesn’t mean you get to fuck over workers by refusing the tips they rely on. If you want to fight that fight, take it up with the business or your legislator, ya cheap asshole.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Americans, be prepare to get screwed!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Fascism and idiots - I couldn’t name a more iconic duo - though I do agree with you point… Trump is exceptionally stupid, and has surrounded himself with gibbering idiots like Musk and RFK.

…that said, when Trump’s heart inevitably explodes, Vance will almost certainly have competent (evil) advisors, and they’ll get (horrible) shit done.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dear Americans, be prepare to get screwed!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
The Hitler lasted from July 1932, and Hitler killed himself in April 1945 - 13 years.

Mussolini lasted from 1922 to his execution in 1945 - 23 years.

Stalin lasted 1924-1953 - 29 years.

Fascism inevitably implodes and crates untold suffering along the way, but you might have longer than you think.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former president Donald Trump claims US presidential election as count continues⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s almost as though if someone wants the right, they’ll vote for the right rather than the pale imitation that’s buying into the Wright’s framing where they can’t compete rather than campaigning for something worthwhile.

There’s a reason for this though - As long as our ruling class’ material interests are aligned with the capital class (and with it, protection of policies like negative gearing), this is the choice we’ll get.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Row as Starmer suggests landlords and shareholders are not ‘working people’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Nor does capitalism to be fair…

It’s certainly… something.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Row as Starmer suggests landlords and shareholders are not ‘working people’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Ain’t capitalism grand.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Row as Starmer suggests landlords and shareholders are not ‘working people’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Owning shit isn’t working. Why is this controversial?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A third-party candidate could cost Kamala Harris votes in a key state. It might be enough to hand victory to Donald Trump⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yes - the Democrats are at fault for arrogantly running an ineffective campaign like the institutionalists they are, and the Greens are at fault for aiding a hostile state actor and the unabashed fascists.

Both are bad, though not in a comparable way.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A third-party candidate could cost Kamala Harris votes in a key state. It might be enough to hand victory to Donald Trump⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
They should drop out because they have no path to victory, typically capture <1% of the vote, peaked at 2.7%, have no Senate seats, no house seats, no governorships - state or territorial, no chambers seats - upper or lower… But most importantly, they’re siphoning votes away from the more progressive viable option, providing meaningful support to the worst possible option in doing so.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A third-party candidate could cost Kamala Harris votes in a key state. It might be enough to hand victory to Donald Trump⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Both.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A third-party candidate could cost Kamala Harris votes in a key state. It might be enough to hand victory to Donald Trump⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Both can be (and are) true.

The transparently Russia-backed spoiler candidates with absolutely no path to victory in a FPTP election have no value to anyone beyond their ability to siphon off votes from the two viable candidates.

RFK pulled out when it became clear that he would disrupt Trump more than Harris, and Stein remains in the race because she remains a valuable diversion for would-be Democrat voters.

…and yes - Kamala sacrificing the left to court the centre right by adopting Republican framing and policies isn’t particularly effective because if people want a Republican, they’ll vote Republican.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Horrors We've Unleashed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
We genetically engineered mosquitoes to have gender dysmorphia - weird times.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jacob Hersant becomes first Victorian found guilty of performing Nazi salute⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Oh for sure - but vague gestures at imagined hypocrisy are all part of their shtick.

It’s all irrelevant though - there’s no evidence that’ll sway a conspiracist - your options amount to walking away, appealing to the emotions of a lunatic, or violence. It’s not for me to say which is right.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why No One Will Get Fired Over ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Manufacturing weirdos that are disconnected from reality is straightforward, and the fascists are investing heavily in it because from there, they practically push themselves into voting against their own interests with hate, conspiracism, and memes. Steve Bannon has explicitly stated that this is a core tactic of his.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jacob Hersant becomes first Victorian found guilty of performing Nazi salute⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah - I don’t know how the auth-right is so tidily fed by what basically amounts to “anarchism, but dumb”, but it’s certainly the case.

I figure it’s a case of conspiracism over principles, but who knows with these idiots - they just need a couple of paradoxes of tolerance to the face, and maybe they’ll crawl back under their rocks.