Unfortunately, one of the conservatives' strategies at play here is they only give "right of conscience" to people with political power over other people.
They aren't giving normal citizens the right to object to anything, they're giving unelected officers the right to torment those beneath them.
And unless you're willing to be as evil to innocent people as they are, you can't fight that war.
In the end what they're destroying here is the rule of law itself.
@jordanlund I mean it seems like the surprising part is that there's no evidence the Chinese government suggested this course of action, directly or through Chinese intermediaries.
The primarily western leadership team seemingly decided to do it on their own? It could be that there's still further buried evidence that bridges the final gap, but that's a bit different than what we thought happened.
@SatanicNotMessianic can't say any of that is wrong or unreasonable, but I still do find the expressed intent of the post more misogynistic than the use of the word female in context.
@SatanicNotMessianic @Deceptichum I think that's somewhat fair, but linguistically "female" is an adjective and "women" is a noun. The noun in that sentence is "singer" and female is a classifying adjective.
The original post IS stupid and has sexist overtones, but I don't think they come from word choice.
@Linkerbaan @gardylou The US is perfectly capable of multi-tasking doing unconscionable things.
@FlyingSquid future tense? you underestimate how savage this country is.
@MicroWave yeah but the supreme court can easily threaten the constitution. That's what 2/3rds of them were appointed to do in the first place.🤷♂️
@givesomefucks and, in fact, it is that willingness to betray that is why the right wing controls the democratic party.
@AllonzeeLV I think the basic logic is that if they're as bad as us, they don't make it past their own global environmental catastrophes.
@jhymesba And here's where you show you're not just okay with genocide in some vague "Stop trump" capacity, but a full-on pro-genocide monster yourself.
Slaughtering 10 thousand children, after Hamas killed a bunch of concentration camp guards isn't "self defense".
You're just evil.
@kool_newt so you agree, a vote is an active choice that reflects on you as a human being?
@kool_newt I really wanted to let this go, but what the fuck is wrong with you that you think "I will not support genocide" is radical?
You toothless amoral cretin. Go back to your servile obsequence to whatever politicians your betters decide for you and leave me alone.
@kool_newt oh I made my choice. I hope some day you will realize that you have too and what it means got you.
@kool_newt I'm deontologically committed to not being personally aparty to genocide, and your commitment to a utilitarian calculus where genocide is a given, is exactly why I've made that choice.
@agent_flounder I'm not going to choose between two different far right genocidal monsters.
There's no rhetorical game here. What you're asking me to do is an evil my conscience won't bear, and yours will because of your moral cowardice.
@MagicShel that's the difference in our understanding there.
You are what you do. And what he has done is send billions of dollars and two carrier groups to back up, by far, the biggest crime against humanity in the 21st century, already beating Iraq and blowing anything else out of the water.
There's no excuse I'll accept for that
@MagicShel voting for a genocidal monster isn't standing up to fascism. There is a rot deep in your soul if you'll let yourself fall that far.
@MagicShel We're making it much much much much worse, providing direct financial and military aid to a country actively slaughtering tens of thousands and displacing millions to facilitate ethnic cleansing.
It's not that trump wouldn't be worse, just they supporting Biden is totally and completely unconscionable. And to do so sacrifices a piece of your soul.
@MagicShel I know this is hard to understand, but genocide affects our decision making, and some of us would even prefer our country to fall to complete ruin than be aparty to it. Never again isn't "never again unless it would be politically expedient"
Do you understand what I mean? That there are lines that can never, ever be crossed?
Do you understand why I'd never be able to look in the mirror again after that?