• underwire212@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    No one single word can represent someone’s entire world view. It’s simply not possible.

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      1 month ago

      And yet, one single word can be enough to describe a person who is not worth wasting time on.

      If you tell me women shouldn’t be allowed to have abortions, I’m going to call you a misogynist and ignore you.

      If you tell me that your god demands I act a certain way, I’m going to call you a zealot and ignore you.

      If you tell me that eating horse paste is a cure for a fucking virus, I’m going to call you an antivaxxer and ignore you.

      If you tell me Ukraine should surrender to Russia, I’m going to call you a Putin apologist and ignore you.

      If you tell me trickle-down economics works, I’m going to call you a fool and ignore you.

      If you tell me that mankind isn’t causing the Earth to warm and that won’t be bad for us, I’m going to call you a science denier and ignore you.

      Hitler liked dogs, too. That doesn’t excuse the rest of the evil shit he did or mean we should have a talk about the merits of Nazism. Likewise, Republicans are a willfully ignorant, evil party. I don’t need to know how much of that party one disagrees with; the mere fact that one agrees with any of it means one should be ignored. I don’t need to know their entire worldview; the GOP platform is egregious enough that agreeing with any of it makes Republicans terrible people.