Zombiepirate @ Zombiepirate @lemmy.world

Proud anti-fascist & bird-person

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I think they just whittled down their ideology into the most privileged and selfish extreme. They do believe the insane things they spout like "tax is theft."

I think you're right that the rank-and-file libertarians don't really think their ideology through or educate themselves on its flaws or alternatives, because it really is about identity. I'm pretty convinced that it always has been though. Conservative ideology is based on hierarchy, and they think the right outcomes result from having the proper social stratification— this is usually wealth-based.

I'm not sure an honorific medal confers much prestige when you share it with the likes of a billionaire dragon like George Soros and a reactionary polemicist like Rush Limbaugh.

And giving it to Hillary Clinton makes it look like a DNC consolation prize.

Go to a thrift store like a real punk and find something cool & unique.

"Transsexual" is kind of being phased out in favor of "Transgender," I believe.

Remember when I said you weren't up to the task?

Hit and run like a coward. You blocked me because you're well aware that you're unable to defend your position.

There are other people who have explained this to you already.

That's stupid.

Gender and sex are not exactly the same thing, and you have to be purposefully obtuse to ignore the entire context of the conversation. I won't entertain your faux ignorance. You've had multiple people correct you on this, and you haven't responded to any of them, because you know you're not up to the task.

If you say sex=gender, you are factually incorrect. Try again. If they were exactly synonymous, then words would also have a sex. Tell me where "telephone's" genitalia are.

Who is rejecting biology?

Other than Dawkins I mean?

It seems like you're confused between sex and gender?

"A team of hitmen" LMAO!

But there's nothing religious or dogmatic about what the FFRF did. Dawkins is just framing it that way because it's how he became popular.

He's just an asshole who constantly acts like an asshole, and people are done with his shit, so he's having a little fit on his way out the door.

If anyone is acting "religiously" here, it's Dawkins, who constantly lies and misrepresents medical science because it doesn't match up the beliefs he grew up with.

If you want to get better, you have to practice every single day.

You're going to suck at first, but then you're going to suck less. You have to learn enjoy the process, which it sounds like you do, so great! I like to break up my play time into practicing something new and having fun; they're both important.

One thing I've found is that keeping my guitar out and on the wall makes it a lot easier to get started playing, even if I don't feel like it at the time. Once I'm about five minutes into playing, I'm into it.

Oh, and practice with a metronome. Most guitarists suck at rhythm (myself included). Using a metronome beats it into your head.

Same, honestly. I'd kill for a remaster or a proper sequel.

Loved Freelancer! Did you try the Everspace games? They're the closest to a spiritual successor that I've played.

Scratching paper.

It makes my skin crawl.

Liberals always seem to be the first to ally with fascists against the left.

This was my original claim, which I really meant to apply to fascists taking over within a society: it seems to be universally true that when this occurs it's because the liberal governments acquiesce to fascist creep because they're seen as a useful tool against the left.

I did enjoy discussing the wider context of this, but it's not really what I meant; I was emphasizing the first in the sentence.

What a simplistic world view for a simplistic mind.

You have no idea what fascism is. You're a puppet for reactionaries and you don't even know it.

It'd be sad if you weren't so loathsome all on your own.

Hitler's activities within Germany at his arrest were those of a street agitator akin to someone like Enrique Tario. The liberals in government liked that the fascist movement was wrecking the socialists in the streets and taking their rhetoric and twisting it towards right-wing projects.

Hitler didn't get his minimal punishment to avoid a war.

And the Allies joined the war because they realized it would be devastating to their empires if they let the Axis take whatever they wanted.

Call your pharmacist. They're an expert in the field, and it is their job to give you advice on your medications. You've already paid for this service, even as an American.

That's because your pseudohistorical nonsense is bunk.

Fascism isn't just when an authority goes outside the bounds of the law. It's a very specific reactionary ideology that harkens back to a mythical past and directs blame for imperial failures at minority populations within their control.

Nothing about that describes anything about Abraham Lincoln's ideology or behavior.

In fact, it makes you look ridiculous and like you don't know anything about reactionary ideology at all. It's actually pretty funny if you think about it.

Sure, eventually. And then only because their liberal order was directly attacked by fascism.

But who capitulated within Germany? The liberal (small l) government gave Hitler a slap on the wrist, because they were more worried about socialists.

Appreciate the input, this is actually a great discussion point.

You have no idea what actual fascism is.

Ending slavery for four million people is in no way fascism. The fact that this confuses you so much is predictable, because the anti-intellectual ragebait that you listen to preaches that fascism is a leftist movement.

But I guess you believe that "work makes you free," huh?

Thanks for playing along, I couldn't have asked for a better demonstration of the vacuousness of reactionary "thought."