• jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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    He’s talking about the tankies that keep defending a fascist regime with a colonialist imperialistic mindset. My prediction is that either they are raging homophobes themselves like papa Stalin or they will ignore it.

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      These people see the world through: “USA bad”. It’s the only thing they believe. So if the US criticize a place, like Russia, then it must be good because the US is bad.

      Is the US fucking awful? Yes. Is this a completely moronic way of looking at the world? Also yes.

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      There’s also the bizarre phenomena of “leftist” people who support Russia, Iran, etc.

      I was on a date once (gay) and he would shit-talk the US, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, etc. for being capitalistic. Then in the same breath, talk about how he wanted to go to Iran and Russia.

      I honestly didn’t know what to say.

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        The political spectrum a circle. Go far enough around, and it loops back to itself right around fascism and communism. Plus, all the crazy shit like anti-vaxxers and all that bullshit. Killing minorities is a favorite pasttime of both groups, throughout WW2 and the postwar, red/lavender scare era. And it’s starting back up again.

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        Lol, wanting to go to a country that is happy to persecute you for who you are… That’s warped.

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          Yeah it seems to be a series of fallacies like,

          Conservatives hate gays, so conservatives are bad. Conservatives love capitalism, so capitalism is bad. The west is mostly capitalistic, so I hate the west. The west sanction Iran and Russia, so they must be good.

          I think it’s better to draw the line at hating controlling abusive people, rather than geopolitical boundaries.