• YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    When I first started here I had a relevant point for a women’s only community on the front. I asked if my opinion was welcome, told it was not (but fairly respectfully), and the only comment I left was an apology.

    Like it’s not hard to be respectful, even if you hold a slightly different opinion. I don’t go to any of the “on grad” posts and let my opinions about Stalin fly(which are largely negative despite me agreeing with a lot of the tenants of communism).

    The only exception I make about being respectful is anyone bragging about not voting last election in the US. You all suck and I will not let you live it down peacefully. Ffs vote third party! But don’t brag about being a lazy POS and standing by while fascism takes over!

    • 草泥馬@mander.xyz
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      3 days ago

      Ffs vote third party! But don’t brag about being a lazy POS and standing by while fascism takes over!

      And what if your political party choice is ‘no parties’? Everyone else can vote 3rd party to appease their choice, except for those who don’t believe in statism?

      You’ll be tolerant to fascists, yet hurl disrespect to anarchists? How alarming.

      • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 days ago

        Well even if you believe political parties shouldn’t exist, you should still participate in your democracy. It’s not like the system goes away if you refuse to participate, so you might as well work within it

        • 草泥馬@mander.xyz
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          3 days ago

          You out here actively promoting ‘throwing your vote away by voting 3rd party’ but hating other people who act on their political values because they what, wasted their vote? It’s a contradictory and ill-thought out stance.