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    15 hours ago

    The thing I almost hate most about all this is how asymmetric the tactics are. I mean, us non-fascists could do the same thing, but it wouldn’t help us, and would only hurt us and help them instead. And this is just one of a dozen different things they’ve been doing that selectively play only to their advantage (obstructing Congress, spreading FUD about election integrity, using bad-faith rhetorical tactics, etc.). It’s like they have a structural advantage that I, at least, don’t know how to negate or overcome.

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      17 hours ago

      “Conservative activists are being safely removed from society into prison ships that will orbit Neptune until they die of being so angry,” would be a pleasant follow-up headline.

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        17 hours ago

        Have you seen the carbon footprint of a rocket launch?

        I’d rather compost. Let their anger feed kids. Literally.

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          16 hours ago

          Have you seen the carbon footprint of a rocket launch?

          I have seen the carbon footprint of humanity, and I don’t expect it to go down.

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              16 hours ago

              Judging any population by the actions of 1-10% of its worst members is bad statistics

              I judge humanity by the outcomes of human actions. And it’s not looking good. You blame who you want, it won’t stop your descendants from being harmed.

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                I judge humanity by the outcomes of human actions

                That’s bigot logic. Might as well say that all bald people are villains just because Jeff Bezos is bald.

                You blame who you want, it won’t stop your descendants from being harmed.

                On the contrary: blaming all of humanity doesn’t help anyone in any way.

                Pinpointing who are the worst offenders and what can be done to rein them in is the first step to actually effecting meaningful change to save millions if not billions of lives.

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                  15 hours ago

                  On the contrary: blaming all of humanity doesn’t help anyone in any way.

                  Why would I try to help humanity? You’re human, right? And are you someone who I want to talk to?

                  You’re calling me ‘bigoted’ for being autistic and seeing the world objectively. It is objectively the case that human actions have consequences, and those human actions are fault. You pretend to make the world better by being unpleasant. It’s sad, and I want no part of it.