@dramaticcat to MeanwhileOnGradEnglish • 9 months agoLemmygrad tankies react very sanely to Lemmy.world's defederationimagemessage-square158arrow-up1302arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1271arrow-down1imageLemmygrad tankies react very sanely to Lemmy.world's defederation@dramaticcat to MeanwhileOnGradEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square158file-text
minus-squareslowd0wnlinkfedilink69•9 months agoHe knows the origin of the word “totalitarian” without looking it up. Because memorization is obviously the cornerstone of critical thinking
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•9 months agoI love that pointing out that a fascist invented it is somehow a gotcha
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•9 months agoTbh that’s one of the few good things Mussolini actually can take credit for. That and converting a bunch of swamps into arable land. Can’t easily hate something without a proper name for it afterall.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•edit-29 months agoI learned where it came from in high school. Is that checkmate?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•9 months agounfortunately not since everything taught in high school is a lie. the only way to learn things is to read things after graduating (as long as they aren’t written by high school teachers or any other educated person)
minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglish8•9 months agoSo you looked it up - got you now evil imperialist
He knows the origin of the word “totalitarian” without looking it up. Because memorization is obviously the cornerstone of critical thinking
I love that pointing out that a fascist invented it is somehow a gotcha
Tbh that’s one of the few good things Mussolini actually can take credit for. That and converting a bunch of swamps into arable land.
Can’t easily hate something without a proper name for it afterall.
I learned where it came from in high school. Is that checkmate?
unfortunately not since everything taught in high school is a lie. the only way to learn things is to read things after graduating (as long as they aren’t written by high school teachers or any other educated person)
So you looked it up - got you now evil imperialist