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    253 months ago

    I honestly can’t tell if these .ml guys in these discussions are trolling or just spouting retarded nonsense and calling everyone a Nazi for the sake of it

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      263 months ago

      Hey, no judgement, but we’re trying to cut down use of the r-term around here, as a courtesy to those who it’s been used to unfairly hurt. Just for future reference.

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        -223 months ago

        And on and on the euphemism train goes, where’s the next stop? There’s going to be a slur for the mentally deficient, tell me which one you endorse.

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          133 months ago

          None. Don’t insult people over stuff they can’t control. Call them ignorant shitheads not ugly/retarded/etc.

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            So shithead is the new slur for mental deficiency?

            Is that what you call unintelligent uneducated indoctrinated rural people who piss you off with zealotry and hate?

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              163 months ago

              Ignorance is not a disability, it’s a choice. So no, it’s not a slur for mental deficiency.

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                  123 months ago

                  First of all, resorting to insults, great show of intelligence.

                  Second of all, if you need me to explain to you the difference between ignorance and stupidity, or the average bigot and people with actual mental disability then you have some catching up to do before we can discuss this topic.

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                    Stupidity begets ignorance and hostility. And yeah, I’m being a little hostile.

                    But as far as I’ve seen, effectively preventing insults from moderately to very intelligent people are things like social, professional and academic consequences, or just being in good company. Even then, friends can insult eschother. And otherwise, they’re not exactly verbally puritan.

                    But in certain progressive spaces, you’ve become as stuck up and sensitive as old nobility. You people are awful to talk to. You make yourselves very hard to tolerate.

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          113 months ago

          Thank goodness you’re here. Next thing you know, somebody is going to ask ME to be polite too!

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            Censorship isn’t asked. It’s just enforced.

            When you can’t be mean, you can’t really speak your mind about people you hate. Like political figures, and certain moderators.

            Right now it seems I’m not being shut up. I guess it’s up to you whether or not to shut me up.

            Just know that a lot of the people that get shut out of “decent” places are people you meet outside, and they’ve been getting weird the last few years. I’m gonna argue it’s causative. It doesn’t exactly feel great to be permanently banned. It’s not very normal or human. It’s exile at a handwave. No warmth, no humanity.

            But you think I’m cold and cruel and awful because I call stupid people retarded, or I guess shitheads now.

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      153 months ago

      I wonder how many of them work in russia and china. their shittakes are hilariously tanky

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      I kind of wish they are trolling and we’re dumb for taking the bait. I mean it’s unlikely as I’ve met true believers (both Nazi and tanky) before IRL and these people sound exactly the same, but who knows.

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        103 months ago

        What happened 10 years ago in the east? Was it Russia invading due to oil reserve discoveries?

        I know Ukrainians. I know eastern Ukrainians who protested against Yanukovych and were shot at so he could keep his gold loves of bread. I also know Russian/Ukrainians whose families emigrated to Ukraine after the USSR ethnically cleansed Crimea of the Tartars. Ukraine is a place with a complex past and lots of internal issues. But those issues are INTERNAL. They should have the right to work them out themselves. Russia invaded for oil and natural gas resources, plus the black sea ports. The rest is propaganda.

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        93 months ago

        They’ve been at war for ten years. That’s like saying the US systematically killed German speakers for 4 years in the 1940’s. And they haven’t banned all opposition parties, just the Russian ones.