@Mistercaz94 When I was veering toward the right as a teen, being shown the ADL being giga cringe was a big part of it. Fortunately I came to my senses... but not for related reasons. Fuck zionists.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 04:46:53 JST Wherz Demloots
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jun-2024 03:33:45 JST Wherz Demloots
@sidereal Makes sense in my head given that they're the guys who say 'leftist unity' the most, if they see themselves as leftist but we don't, it probably looks like sectarianism, but of course what it actually is, is anti-fascism.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 23:28:18 JST Wherz Demloots
@stylo_the_unicorn We should leave being undiscerning to the libs.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 22:53:24 JST Wherz Demloots
@stylo_the_unicorn Because voting is a power you have, and it's easy to exercise. There's people with your views filling seats where fascists would otherwise sit and the reason that's happening is people are voting for them.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 17:49:00 JST Wherz Demloots
@HeavenlyPossum Aha, I finally see what's going on here; Clearly you value and enjoy 'being right', but unfortunately, that's not a winning strategy. If being right was helpful, the left would not be losing as badly as they are in the world, because they're right on basically every issue.
Were anti-conscription arguments used by pro-russians to undermine pro-ukraine messaging though? Asking.
Because if it was a widely used tactic, then I would tell you not to waste time arguing against conscription, and instead talk about how Russia is cynically employing leftist rhetoric to undermine support of Ukraine and enable its own conscription for genocide and imperialism.
Wresting back control of the conversation is infinitely more valuable than 'being right' on any given issue.
Saying hamas bad is right, but not insightful, saying Azov bad is right, but even less insightful, saying conscription bad is a lot better but if it's a core part of their propaganda strategy then the right thing would be to say that they're abusing that good point instead of just saying conscription bad.
I was addicted to 'being right' as a teenager baby leftoid and it caused me to say a lotta right wing shit, until I figured out that I was being counterproductive.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 09:05:05 JST Wherz Demloots
Propaganda is not lies; it's about highlighing what suits your narrative. Don't help the rightoids control the conversation by joining in on their 'what about Hamas' dogpile.
Hamas are bad; but the west needs to change its minds on Israel, not Hamas, for the genocide to be averted. We can stop people from agreeing with Israel, we can't stop islamists from being islamists except to drop fewer bombs on brown people; and that'll sooner happen by criticizing Israel as well.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 08:29:40 JST Wherz Demloots
@HeavenlyPossum @passenger @darcher What about when the rhetorical sloppiness IS the obfuscation?
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2024 09:35:52 JST Wherz Demloots
@Sylvhem Inkbound is the new game by the Monster Train devs, a very tight, chill, and smooth roguelike, and is set in a library from which you enter storybooks to fight monsters.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 06-May-2024 04:42:59 JST Wherz Demloots
@skepticsbookoflists Bears are not killing machines that attack on sight. The worst case scenario is only a small part of what you gotta take into account.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2024 05:05:29 JST Wherz Demloots
@Aleph All of the charges are being dropped though because the lawmen are looking over it and determining them all obvious bullshit that cops are obviously just doing it to intimidate. No consequences to the cops of course, but there's noone you could ever vote for for that particular issue.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 02:38:08 JST Wherz Demloots
@MikeDunnAuthor Nobody's arguing the lesser evil isn't evil.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Apr-2024 06:38:12 JST Wherz Demloots
@lethargilistic The right decision can look very different if you don't think you'll survive the next bout of non-reduced harm.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Apr-2024 05:26:37 JST Wherz Demloots
@justicesandwich @mondoweiss @palestine @israel
I'm glad unlike most Israel defenders that you acknowledge that history didn't begin on October 7th, but that doesn't mean you're not deepthroating the boot, you fascist ethnostate excusing piece of shit.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Apr-2024 02:43:41 JST Wherz Demloots
@john @llewelly The road to hell is paved with people telling you it's not so bad, like boiling frogs.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Apr-2024 21:02:29 JST Wherz Demloots
@llewelly Does the accuracy and predictive value of this data change anything about the fact that extreme action is required immediately? If not, then just use it as evidence that extreme action is required immediately. Because it is. Second-guessing this shit has no value.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Mar-2024 20:47:41 JST Wherz Demloots
@erma It makes perfect sense to criticize an academic for acting like a youtube celebrity conspiracist. It's not my fault you don't understand what I'm talking about.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 19:38:20 JST Wherz Demloots
@sidereal People like you in Germany protested against Nuclear, got some plants shut down, and because imports from Russia are down, they predictably went back to coal for their energy needs. How's that for a climate success! This is the problem; being against nuclear is not a pro-environment position, it just gives authorities a pass to keep doing what they're doing instead of looking for solutions to the crisis for which we are past several tipping points already. It is far too late to be fretting over issues with potential solutions; we ALREADY don't have a future.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 00:37:19 JST Wherz Demloots
@arrrg Whatever, enjoy the consequences of not pulling the lever in the trolley problem, and enjoy not being thrown in a camp once Biden wins anyway no thanks to you.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Mar-2024 00:15:01 JST Wherz Demloots
@arrrg That's a nice way of saying you're okay with the trans and ukrainian genocides that will happen if we don't save US democracy.
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Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 06:46:24 JST Wherz Demloots
@lethargilistic I understand your post is light-hearted, which is why I focused on a less core part of your argument, but sorry if that didn't read as matching your tone. Anyway...
If I valued art for my interpretation on it instead of appreciation for the work and intent of the maker, I would have zero respect for 99% of art except the rare few things that strike me, and that's unfair. Art is work and skill and intent, not color and shape, and AI art is stolen skill and no work.