hydroptic @ hydroptic @sopuli.xyz

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Note that I'm not saying the AfD shouldn't be banned, just that banning it won't make the people who vote for it and run it any less, well, fascist.

There’s nothing that prevents AfD voters from going to other parties, there’s plenty, or to voice their concerns in a new party that can be a legitimate part of the democratic system. Changing parties isn’t like banning a religion or a creed or a race, a party is hardly more than just a banner, the power of which can change between and during elections, at any time, through a simple act of the mind. Banning the party will absolutely help.

And that's the thing; because the people who support AfD won't change just because their party gets banned, how likely do you think it is that they'll realize they need to be a legitimate part of a democratic system instead of what they've been doing all along?

Banning the party isn't going to help.

Like I say of Trump, the AfD isn't the problem, they're a symptom. Conservatism and conservatives themselves are the problem – the question is how should we deal with them, and I really don't know the answer to that.

Edit: just to clarify, I'm not saying the AfD shouldn't be banned, just that banning the party won't change the people who vote for it and run it.

Gee I wonder what Palestinians might have against Israelis

it is pelican mouth not pelican't mouth

"People"

pelicn mouth Perfect Size for keyboard put keyboard in pelcin mouth

Oh don't be ridiculous, who would be stupid enough to believe something like that?

shrimps is brains

Yeah, Trump isn't what's killing free speech.

Trump is a symptom, not the cause: conservatism is the real problem here. I keep saying this, but as long as we keep allowing conservatives to reach positions of power, shit like this – and worse – will keep happening.

Shipping metric assloads of weapons to Israel is a really fucking funny way of trying to bring peace

"The purpose of a system is what it does."

A post-apocalyptic scifi short story (and a game based on it about 20 year later) by Harlan Ellison, about five humans tortured by a sentient butthole.

Touché

So is a dildo 🤷

But Data's an android and not, you know, a man.

Technically speaking your man don't even man

Tip of the spear, edge of the knife.

Why did 'ol Wheels there get off his chair and start crawling towards the sunset? Maybe he heard the drone and figured he'd be better off Somewhere Else™?

Yeah, same, I found it a bit surprising they have fewer than Germany

"I literally can't tell these two apart"