Take sides rule - eviltoast
  • KombatWombat@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    This is too broad. Sure, you shouldn’t be a bystander to atrocity, but a lot of my frustrations with other people’s views tend to be that they were introduced to one, adopted it, and refused to change from it after being exposed to things that challenge it. Like this:

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  • IEatDaGoat@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    Fuck you too all the “I’m apolitical” people. I almost hate them more than Trump supporters.

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      They are trump supporters, they just aren’t smart enough to know it. Not even kidding, every single person that’s told me “I’m not very political” has regurgitated right wing talking points.

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    2 days ago

    During his lifetime, Wiesel had deflected questions on the topic of the Israeli settlements, claiming to abstain from commenting on Israel’s internal debates

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    Should’ve practiced what you preach Elie.

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    2 days ago

    I is just me or is saying Romanian born American Jewish writer a bit confusing? Is he an American born in Romania who writes Jewish? Or is he born in Romania and now writes about American Jewish topics? Also what is American Jewism?

    That aside, he makes a good point.

    • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
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      Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel[a] (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.[6]

      Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel

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        2 days ago

        I was just taking the piss, but this makes it more clear. Wish Wikipedia would put it in the right order though:

        1. Romanian baby in 1928
        2. Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz and Buchenwald
        3. American writer and Holocaust survivor.
  • WuceBrillis@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Exactly! Not voting, is the same as letting the fascists win. Take sides!

    If you disagree with the non-fascist party on their politics, help AOC and Bernie with kicking out the corrupt party members. Don’t just step back and let fascists win, that’s retarded.