• ravhall@discuss.online
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    18 days ago

    ML: It’s necessary to stop Harris from genocide!!! Trump is better! . . . Haha, it’s all just to crush the west, I don’t care about Gaza at all—oh shit who left the mic on?!

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      18 days ago

      It’s necessary to stop Harris from genocide!!! Trump is better!

      Centrists see that first sentence, get mad that their only policy is under attack, and assume the second sentence follows.

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          17 days ago

          Yes, if I’m not responding to the entire comment, I quote what I’m responding to. It’s kind of the normal thing to do if you want to be clear about what you’re responding to.

          I don’t know what you found vague about my comment. I thought it was pretty clear. I can explain it to you if you would like. You see, when a centrist sees someone say that Harris should reconsider the US’ unconditional support for Netanyahu and his genocide, they become angry. This is because, unique among all policies that centrists claim they support, genocide is the only one they don’t immediately abandon when they encounter pushback. It’s their only actual position. So when someone attacks that position, they’re attacking the entire centrist platform, which centrists equate with being a trump supporter.

          I hope this was clear enough for you.