• kat_angstrom@lemmy.world
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    37 minutes ago

    Public figures neither seek nor require my forgiveness, but working to undo previous damage done, and fighting to make the world a better place would be a nice way to balance the scales.

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    11 hours ago

    There is zero difference between Nazis and people who espouse Nazi views.

    Internal justifications are worth jack shit outside your own mind.

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      11 hours ago

      I’d say there’s one narrow exception for people who espouse Nazi views in order to infiltrate and undermine the Nazis.

      That’s outside the scope of the question though.

  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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    There seems to be an assumption built into this question that genuinely holding beliefs that harm others is worse than simply promoting harmful beliefs for money. I’m not sure I agree with that or not but the latter definitely doesn’t make someone worthy of forgiveness.

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      10 hours ago

      Doing it for money is worse because it’s 100% selfish motivation.

      Doing it for ideology means they’re trying to make the world a better place, but have a warped morality.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Well, hypothetically, if he shoved an entire pineapple backwards up his own ass I might entertain the thought of forgiving him for a fraction of a second before demanding he shove another, hypothetically.

  • Vanth@reddthat.com
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    9 hours ago

    Forgive him? I don’t watch his content now and I never would. My forgiveness would be irrelevant to him, and a waste of my emotional energy for no gain.

    The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s apathy, blah de blah catchphrase. I am apathetic about Walsh.

  • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Nothing at all. In fact, that would make it even worse because he’s a traitor to his own people on top of everything else.

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    9 hours ago

    And let’s say, also hypothetically, that he really wished a trans girl would kiss him…