• MalarchoBidenism [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Even the wealthiest countries in the world have human beings sleeping in the streets, despite also having more than enough resources to guarantee housing for every single person. As far as the law is concerned, the only thing that matters is that these desperate people must not be allowed to break into empty abandoned houses for shelter, as this violates the infinitely more important private property rights of the homeowner to own an empty abandoned house.

    “Centrism” is pretty extreme, it just doesn’t feel that way because the horrors are so normalized shrug-outta-hecks

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      1 year ago

      This is an excellent way to put it, and another great example of an extreme.

      There are people, like in the OP, that hold delusional views on the right. That doesn’t mean everyone is, which was my way of addressing the comment I was replying to.

      Refusing to pick a side when there are clear reasons to not be on the right is fucking extreme. I should have included it in my reply, but it was meant to be a quick little one-off and not a deep discussion on extreme politics.

      • silent_water [she/her]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        okay but why equivocate between the left and right? you’re painting an equality between people who want to make the world a better place and people who want to be the boot stomping down on faces forever.

        • Envis10n@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          I should have been more clear on what I meant. Just that having slightly right leaning opinions is not the same as the OP’s insanity.

          I really didn’t mean for it to come off that way, so I apologize.

          • silent_water [she/her]@hexbear.net
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            1 year ago

            in my experience, speaking as a trans person, someone with slightly right leaning opinions wants me and mine to not exist in public and deny that we even exist. that’s a “centrist” position these days. so sorry for being touchy but I think salvaging people like that can only happen by the people close to them pushing them to be a better person. see my comment on civility, point 4, here.