LMAO

  • pebbles
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    6 hours ago

    I get the reaction to being banned or removed.

    I would love for you to engage with why I think some people’s fear is reasonable. Otherwise it just seems like you are dismissing folks for no reason.

    • Universal Monk@lonestarlemmy.mooo.comOP
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      5 hours ago

      Because I don’t think Trump is going to change too many things. Everyone said these exact same things the first time he was prez. The world was gonna end. We’d be put into deathcamps. He would make a law banning democrats from every running for office, etc.

      And here we are. And here we’ll stay. And in 4 years, we’ll have a democrat president, and republicans will be crying. Just like it has for the last century. lol

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        5 hours ago

        I think there are many reasons to see this time as different. Trump is immune from prosecution, and is already trying to do many things that are seen as illegal by many states.

        Project 2025 is a solid plan that if successful, could set our countries course for a while. He has already made healthcare harder for any Trans folks especially by trying to make it much harder to say you are trans on official documents. (Though it is funny that everyone in the country was legally female for a bit.)

        Also the pardoning of violent criminals? Its a strange time. It is reasonable for folks to find worry in this.

        Folks that know Palestinians. Devastated. Just because those folks don’t see the world like you do doesn’t mean they are unreasonable. Your worldview isn’t perfect. They aren’t necessarily safe. They would likely have been safer with Kamala. Even if you don’t belive in their cause.

        I don’t think their fear is funny. I think there are many ways a reasonable person could be upset.

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            3 hours ago

            I see, no worries homie. We can’t be critical everyday.

            You don’t gotta keep responding.

            Work email pronouns had nothing to do with what I said, so you still haven’t convinced me of anything. If you don’t strongman my argument we’ll talk in circles.

            You are ignoring actual harm to people and laughing about it. I’m not here to judge that. You got here and believe what you do, and I respect your journey. Though I will say you are currently looking quite rude.

            • Universal Monk@lonestarlemmy.mooo.comOP
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              3 hours ago

              so you still haven’t convinced me of anything

              And you haven’t convinced me of anything. I feel the way I feel. And you feel the way you feel.

              I told you I don’t laugh at actual harm. I laugh at the imaginary harm that many Lemmys thing are real.

              It’s totally ok that we have different viewpoints, friend!

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                3 hours ago

                Do you feel like you’ve actually engaged in this? I don’t know. You’re allowed to think differently, but you don’t ever back yourself up. Why disagree if you are going to make your points look so lame in the eyes of Lemmies? You don’t want to convince anyone? I feel you are doing a disservice to your ideology.

                Conservatism has real points in it. You make me feel like there are none.

                • Universal Monk@lonestarlemmy.mooo.comOP
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                  2 hours ago

                  but you don’t ever back yourself up

                  I am under no obligation to back anything up. This is a forum on Lemmy. It’s not some political debate club at Harvard university or some think-tank commercial feature for PBS.

                  I don’t care if the points I make look lame to Lemmy. I don’t care if I look lame to Lemmy.

                  Why are you taking this so seriously? It’s Lemmy. LMAO

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                    1 hour ago

                    Ah I just like to argue. I thought you may say something interesting. You seem to operate in a strange one foot in one foot out kinda way. Like you definitely want to be here. It means a lot to you to be here. But that meaning doesn’t come from changing minds. You are content to post about a world we don’t see and give no evidence for it.

                    Idk, I just wouldn’t do that so I’m curious on why you do.