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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
While I do agree that the base ideology of using government coercion to organize society is the root from which both of the western left/progressivism and communism/fascism emerge, proponents don't see it that way.
Yeah well, there are a lot of super basic things they don't understand, and that's a large part of where the zombie analogy comes from.
Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
The rest of that sentence is redundant, right?
I have empathy for you because I think your heart is in the right place. As for what gets you off-track, I think your kindness is being taken advantage of and that you're a bit naive due to limited experience in the world.
Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey
Yeah (obvious, actually, which is why my comment amuses me), but I no longer respect the commune as a place where adults exchange ideas in honest appreciation of each other, so I'm not interested in characterizing spoon as a whole individual, just as a caricature of something he isn't...
That's what we do here, now, isn't it?
I wasn't under the impression that it was ever that. This ties into what I was mentioning earlier about your seemingly Pollyanna tendencies that get taken advantage of.
Originally Posted by BananaStand
That's how the news cycle goes:
1. Mah Russia
2. Thing A happens
3. Mah Russia was behind A
4. Thing B happens
5. Mah Russia was behind B
6. Nothing happens for a while
7. Mah Russia
Repeat.
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