• awwwyissss@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    the political party that wants to control every aspect of private life and turn you into an underpaid, uneducated drone.

    As someone who basically hates the modern GOP, this kind of sensationalism doesn’t help.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah and guess what, people on the “other side” are saying ridiculous things about you like you want to murder babies and force children to be gay. And they say, with just as much conviction,

        Seems an accurate description of Democratic policy to me.

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          It’s not a big fucking leap to say that the party making laws against teaching history and wearing certain articles of clothing want to control people and keep them ignorant. If you think it is, or think it’s a “both sides” issue, you’re part of the problem.

          The thing about the golden middle is that it’s a thought-killing fallacy. If you just assume people on both ends are equally nuts, you can just stake out the territory precisely in between them and never actually have to think about the merits or morals of any given policy position.

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            1 year ago

            control every aspect of private life

            I’m not arguing for a golden middle, no need to strawman me. I’m saying that sweeping generalizations like above are just circlejerks.