• madcaesar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Conservative forums are talking about rounding up immigrants, letting women die in clinics and stripping people of their rights and dismantling Democracy.

    Here on the “left” lemmy, we’re arguing whether calling out hypocrites is a step too far we’ve got to be respectful after all!

    This is why the left sucks as organising and actually voting for change in unison. A simple thing as outing assholes starts a 10h discussion, meanwhile on the right they are building cages…

    Oh I’m sorry, not cages, enclosures without exists, we don’t want to offend people identifying as cages!

    • undeffeined@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      “If a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance, thereby undermining the very principle of tolerance”

      So yeah, call these intolerant hypocritical assholes out!

  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If outing conservatives for their projection materially changes anything, it will be a first. That said, I fully support this endeavor.

  • T156@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think that outing people is a good idea though. It’s fine to point out that they’re being hypocritical, or refuse them for their views, but outing them seems a step too far, especially if it’s retaliatory.

    Their being in the closet oughtn’t be conditional.

    The inverse wouldn’t be acceptable, why would this?

    • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The reverse in this situation would be a closeted queer person outing someone for being…NOT shitty and detrimental to other people?

      Nah, don’t out people who aren’t shitty. But if you’re an active republican, ESPECIALLY if you’re a political configure, and you trash the gay community you belong to? Fuck em. They aren’t under the umbrella of protection the moment they try to push people out from under it.

  • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I hate trumpers and all, but this is gonna lead to suicides and is essentially just outing gay people to cause them harm, even bodily harm. I was raised to think that was wrong, but I guess if it’s done by you it’s ok?

    • Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Sucks that being anything other than straight is a health risk for large segments of the population.

      That being said, enabling or fostering that same risk isn’t in their best interest. If they’re unable to be the change they want to see in the world, then who do they expect to stand up for them?

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The scariest part of this movement for me is being targeted because somebody thought I was conservative. *shudder*

    • lettruthout@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’ve been getting this for the last few years because I look conservative. Sigh. Seems like it will soon get worse.

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        1 year ago

        My father sometimes complains that he cant wear his red fishing hat anymore, because unless you pay close attention to the different design on the front, it looks like a maga hat.