I block wastes of my time. Simple as.

I’ve no problem debating with people that have both the intelligence and the maturity to discuss a topic without resorting to manipulating my point into shit I’m not saying, or saying moronic things like “Genocide Joe.”

Basically, I’m just not about entertaining stupid attempts at manufacturing an argument. I done t have the time for it and those types love to waste time.

Yeah. I done with you…. mate.

You lied. Just have an ounce of shame and admit it. And for the record, I’m not asking you to continue. By all means. Stop. Disinformation isn’t something I believe needs to be allowed a platform, though I do believe it is everyone’s duty to call it out when it happens.

I asked you to prove this:

He only ran as a dem because he is in California and Republicans have no chance there

-and you cannot. Therefore what is happening is you are positioning an opinion as fact. This means it can easily be dismissed as irrelevant to the topic.

Agreed. It’s that whole “perfect being the opposite of good” ideology. Every election year, it’s always the same thing- some socio-economic or political event gets them in a rage and they aren’t even aware that by-and-large, it’s the conservatives that are in the shadows, laughing their asses off while fanning the flames.

The fracture their protest causes only helps the right. And their smug arrogance won’t ever lent them see it.

Yeah. I’m noticing that a lot lately. Especially here. I was recently asked what I felt the difference between Lemmy and Reddit is, and I said that from my opinion, Reddit is full of smart people that try to act stupid, and Lemmy is full of stupid people that try to act smart.

This isn’t to say that this applies to everyone, as of course- there’s nuance in everything, but it does seem to be a bit of a theme to both platforms.

Yup.

The minute you said “gEnOciDe jOe” this discussion ended. I have no tolerance to entertain ignorance.

Do you always need to rewrite other people’s arguments in order to have something to argue against?

I’m the one that gets to illustrate my point. Not you.

What I said, was that they were going to wage a war against Palestine regardless of anyone’s assistance. I said nothing at all about us bombing anyone at all.

If you can’t discuss the topic like a mature adult, you can go manufacture your outrage elsewhere. I’m not providing a platform for you to spew nonsense.

That in no way supports your argument. Try again.

A few more years of this style of “pragmatic liberal utilitarianism” will have you voting for a Dem who wants 9 genocides over a republican who wants 10.

When we go to unprovable predictions about the future so that the your argument cannot be refuted, the debate ends right there. I don’t play what if. I play what was and what is.

Genocide was going to happen without anyone else being involved. And if America wasn’t involved, you lot would have just found another thing to be outraged over. I’ve seen this time-and-again. This happens every election year.

Cry all you want about how unjust things are happening. But know that unjust things have always happened just as they are happening now. No matter who is in office, and no matter how much you don’t like it.

Lastly… You chose this reality by refusing to step up and do your part. And not only that, but you chose this for millions of others. I sincerely hope that your ability to remain in denial of this is able to sustain you through the hardships they all have to face.

Because we certainly wouldn’t want the hardships and oppression of millions of people to hurt your feelings, would we?

This argument is over.

The campaign to smear anyone that challenges republicans has started already.

Matthew 7:7-8

7 - Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

8 - For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

You said this:

He only ran as a dem because he is in California and Republicans have no chance there

Prove it.

I’ll vote for who I want to vote for, thanks. And for the record, that will be whoever has the best chance to dethrone trump. If that someone happens to be part of the DSA, so be it. I’ll have zero issues casing a vote their way. If it isn’t. I won’t lose sleep over it.

See?

This is the difference between people like you and I. I have no problem voting for whoever is the better candidate of the two- regardless of whether or not they align with my policies ideology. And had more of the people like you subscribed to this theory- we wouldn’t be where we are now.

Unless or course you’re all still touting the belief that Kamala would have been the exact same as Trump.

Proof goes hand-in-hand with credibility.

Fighting for a change? Who are you fighting? In what manner do you fight? Give me an example of this fight you’re performing.

Because from where is sit, I’m seeing an awful lot of people that think that withholding a vote because of [insert flavor of the week reason] is somehow going to create change. And protests? They only work if those you’re protesting have empathy and shame. Protests don’t create change. VOTES DO.

By the way- this happens every single election year. Take note on all the change you fought for by doing jack shit.

It will never cease to amaze me how so many people could expect things to change by doing absolutely nothing.

When given a choice between cancer and a broken bone, you pick the broken bone- every time.

But… now we have cancer- and this isn’t up for debate.

But when they did it, it was fine…. Right?

Cool story! I hope for your sake, history repeats itself. And if it helps, from what I understand, the suffering of others is a lot more tolerable when you lack the empathy it takes to think of anyone but yourself.

Good luck! And welcome to my block list.