• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I have never met a leftist I didn’t like

    but I only consider somebody a leftist if they respect human rights.

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      11 hours ago

      Political ideology is a spectrum, and I feel that Leftists tend to be as hostile towards those they deem ‘not as left’ as them, just as much as they are towards Fascists, Neo-Cons and their ilk.

      It’s basically the no true Scotsman fallacy manifest.

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      24 hours ago

      Unfortunately all the wanna-be Pol Pots out there also consider themselves to be leftists.

    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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      I’m always under the assumption that everyone can be an asshole. I had a very good friend qnd we’re both vegans. To me it’s just a dietary choice that i made, for her it was almost like a religion. Like when she met someone who was also a vegan or saw someone on tv that was a vegan, she always assumed that it’s a good person, or just rooted for that person, no questions asked.