• surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Not really. You just chose the least shitty option you were being forced into.

    But I understand acknowledging that would interfere with your ability to feel smug.

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        15 days ago

        Because it’s a binary choice where the other option is someone not even willing to pretend they’ll help you.

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          15 days ago

          Still a bad option.

          The person who is upfront about it can be reasoned with. The liar is never going to be trustworthy.

          If the guy at the train station lies and tells me that the train will be here in an hour I waste an hour. If he tells me the train has been cancelled I know to make another plan.

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            15 days ago

            A better example would be a waiter who spits on your sandwich in the kitchen vs one who’ll spit on it after they drop it off at the table.

            Your best choice is to burn down the diner.

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              15 days ago

              Nothing says ‘privilege’ more than people who talk about burning the system down.

              It’s like the guys who have never been in a fight are always ready to see other people go at it.

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                15 days ago

                I don’t know. Expecting people to go along with a system that’s literally killing them seems way more privileged. You must not be suffering under the current status quo.

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                  15 days ago

                  Look at Ukraine or Gaza if you want to see suffering.

                  Like I said, ‘privilege.’

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                    15 days ago

                    Again, you’re outing yourself. Not only do you obviously not have a US corporation or cop pointing a gun at you, but you can’t even perceive the people around you who do.

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              15 days ago

              Even your own example doesn’t prove your point. I’d rather someone spit in my food where I can see it and ignore it.

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                15 days ago

                Actually, that’s exactly my point. Blue MAGA acts shocked people don’t want to bury their heads in the sand with them, and expects the rest of us to stop complaining and just eat the spit.

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                  15 days ago

                  So you would rather eat spit than see someone spit in your food and send it back? No wonder you’re praising republicans

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                    15 days ago

                    No, I’d rather shoot the person who spit in my sandwich.

                    You’re the one who believes the only alternative to democrats is republicans. Don’t project your idiocy onto me.

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      15 days ago

      What? How am I being smug by just pointing out that falling for a con is… Falling for a con? Trump is a well, well, well documented con man. Like… Maybe the most well documented con man ever. It’s really hard to feel bad for anyone who voted for him getting screwed over.

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        15 days ago

        Love the ‘how am I being smug?!’ followed by the classic smug victim blaming.

        Both Dem and GOP supporters are being conned. Neither of you are in a position to be pointing fingers at the other.

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          To be clear, I don’t blame people who fall for scams or cons. I did say it’s hard to feel bad for Trump voters specifically, but that’s a pretty special circumstance as I tried to describe.

          All I said was that falling for a scam or con is falling for a scam or con.

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            Yeah. That’s called ‘being smug.’ Especially if you just voted for the other fascist.

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              15 days ago

              Why do you presume to know who I voted for? Or that I’m even American?

              I really don’t think we share the same definition of smug. Have a good day.