"Holding your side accountable just lets the other side win!" is a big part of the reason why things are so shit.
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Gabe (gabriel@mk.gabe.rocks)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 23:17:59 JST
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Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 23:17:58 JST
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@gabriel in an environment where the opponent is more than willing to cheat to win, sticking to ethics/morals might just lead you to losing. -
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Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 23:23:46 JST
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@gabriel sure, indeed, that's easy to see. What if the alternative is just always losing? -
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Gabe (gabriel@mk.gabe.rocks)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 23:23:48 JST
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There comes a point where abandoning ethics and morals defeats the purpose of "winning" in the first place.
There is no coherent argument for letting predators proliferate your social and political movements that actually results in things getting better.
Covering up for bad actors within your ranks just makes your side incapable of achieving your stated goals, which then makes the entire enterprise suspect. -
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Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 23:29:20 JST
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@pettanko @gabriel easy: which one does at least seem funniest to you? supporting trump was hilarious because it made people I don't like angry -
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pettanko (pettanko@tsundere.love)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 23:29:22 JST
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@mischievoustomato @gabriel if your only choices are losing and letting sociopathic predators hijack your movement to their own ends then what's the point of playing at all? -
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pettanko (pettanko@tsundere.love)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 23:32:07 JST
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@mischievoustomato @gabriel trump is the only funny republican Johnny Peligro likes this. -
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Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 23:32:09 JST
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@pettanko @gabriel yes -
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Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Aug-2025 23:32:42 JST
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@pettanko @gabriel and, i don't believe it's possible to make the world a better place anymore -
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Gabe (gabriel@mk.gabe.rocks)'s status on Thursday, 14-Aug-2025 06:25:51 JST
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We're well past the time where TES (Trump enslavement syndrome) has been a much bigger problem than TDS.
RE: https://mk.gabe.rocks/notes/ab2aarrql4realcaseyrollins ✝️ likes this. -
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casey is remote (realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 14-Aug-2025 06:25:53 JST
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@gabriel I say stuff against #Trump now on certain corners of the internet and am frustrated that it only attracts the attention of left wingers.
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