Can A Piece of Shit Be Shittier? - eviltoast
  • green@feddit.nl
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    8 days ago

    The logic still doesn’t track though. Even if it was a choice, who cares?

    People are making choices to murder people, poison the drinking water, rape the weak, spread prion diseases, and strip your rights. But I hear nothing from the same exact people screaming about trans - which has no effect on your living conditions.

    Like we really need to stop trying to rationalize these people. They are seriously worthless scum until they start speaking in good faith - which they won’t because they can’t rationalize misplaced fear.

    • nomy@lemmy.zip
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      8 days ago

      All of the wedge issues are like that too. Abortion, social justice, guns all directly impact a relatively small number of people. However people have very serious opinions on those things that go to the very core of their character and partly define who they are, so they’re used to divide the majority into smaller groups. So we don’t gain class consciousness and realize what the problem actually is.

      • green@feddit.nl
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        6 days ago

        I just find it extremely interesting that these same people (which is a majority of the voting bloc) do not have serious opinions on infrastructure, lawlessness, security, and water pollution. These are all more pressing and immediate issues - but the trans girl had more of an effect on their vote than literal heavy metals poisoning their water.

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      8 days ago

      Don’t give a shit about logic. I’m explaining their thought process. Which isn’t about logic. Which is why you can’t get your head around it.

      As to “who cares”? They care because they think degenerates are influencing their kids and culture. And we’re back to the “choice” thing.

      You’re trying to logic your way around my post and their thoughts. Ain’t gonna work.

      • green@feddit.nl
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        6 days ago

        We agree here, but the word “process” implies consistency. If there is no consistency, then it is just hysteria or maliciousness - both of which are inexcusable.

        As I said prior, we agree so, it is pointless to reason with the hysterical, malicious, and stupid. But why are we not referring to them as what they are?

        To say it another way, stupid cannot be explained (that’s the whole point) - so why explain it? It makes it seem as if there is some form of depth to their thoughts (there isn’t) - which rationalizes them. Every time we do that, we waste more of our limited resources.