• goatM
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    1 year ago

    hm, how can i make more people come to our side?

    oh let’s threaten to kill them if they don’t!

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      1 year ago

      “It’s just a joke, man!” Meanwhile, in Sartre:

      Never believe that anti-Semites neotankies are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge.

      But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites neotankies have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors.

      They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert.