• Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    10 days ago

    The correct way is to judge people for what they activelly support, which also means not slimly implying that by not supporting one side people implicitly support the other - it’s a perfectly valid position to not like any of the choices one has been presented with and thus chosing “None of the above” rather than A or B.

    “If you’re not with us you’re against us” is just about the most typically Fascist (and, more in general, authoritarian) argument there is, so those doing it don’t be surprised if, even if you’re wearing a different mask than outright-Fascist and claiming you have the moral high ground, you’re judged as somebody who thinks along the same lines as Fascists rather than along Democratic or Humanitarian lines.

    Mind you, the quoted post is impeccably fair in that sense, but here in Lemmy there’s a lot of people who, unlike that quote, stray beyond blaming people for their choices into parroting authoritarian logic that blames people for non-choices.

    • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Haha wait a minute.

      Are you… Are you trying to justify your Uncommitted BoTh SiDeS bullshit?

      • As though drinking the lesser poison is as bad as drinking the greater poison.
      • As though this not only means you’re opting for this, but you’re contributing to the current that forces others to do the same by enabling the greater poison?
      • As though just because you weren’t necessarily the person to rat out Anne Frank, you also didn’t lift finger to resist the Nazi oppression that makes one superior? Looking the other way and sitting on the couch?

      Because if this is the case, then yes, there are people like me who utilize logic & ethics to demonstrate that said people are, indeed, a part of the problem and enabling of fascism.

    • reiterationstation@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Go on bb. Say it with your whole chest. These ellipsis look bad on you. You believe it, say it. Tell us how fascists and liberals are the exact same thing. Go on. We are waiting.

      • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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        10 days ago

        Fascists and liberals are not the exact same thing. Liberals prefer to implement the final solution on a slightly slower timetable and in stages, while fascists are more inclined to just cut loose all undesirables as fast as possible.