• ryannathans@aussie.zone
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    17 hours ago

    I honestly can’t tell if these .ml guys in these discussions are trolling or just spouting retarded nonsense and calling everyone a Nazi for the sake of it

    • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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      I kind of wish they are trolling and we’re dumb for taking the bait. I mean it’s unlikely as I’ve met true believers (both Nazi and tanky) before IRL and these people sound exactly the same, but who knows.

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      16 hours ago

      Hey, no judgement, but we’re trying to cut down use of the r-term around here, as a courtesy to those who it’s been used to unfairly hurt. Just for future reference.

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        And on and on the euphemism train goes, where’s the next stop? There’s going to be a slur for the mentally deficient, tell me which one you endorse.

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          8 hours ago

          Thank goodness you’re here. Next thing you know, somebody is going to ask ME to be polite too!

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          12 hours ago

          None. Don’t insult people over stuff they can’t control. Call them ignorant shitheads not ugly/retarded/etc.

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            10 hours ago

            So shithead is the new slur for mental deficiency?

            Is that what you call unintelligent uneducated indoctrinated rural people who piss you off with zealotry and hate?

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              10 hours ago

              Ignorance is not a disability, it’s a choice. So no, it’s not a slur for mental deficiency.

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                  8 hours ago

                  First of all, resorting to insults, great show of intelligence.

                  Second of all, if you need me to explain to you the difference between ignorance and stupidity, or the average bigot and people with actual mental disability then you have some catching up to do before we can discuss this topic.

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                    Stupidity begets ignorance and hostility. And yeah, I’m being a little hostile.

                    But as far as I’ve seen, effectively preventing insults from moderately to very intelligent people are things like social, professional and academic consequences, or just being in good company. Even then, friends can insult eschother. And otherwise, they’re not exactly verbally puritan.

                    But in certain progressive spaces, you’ve become as stuck up and sensitive as old nobility. You people are awful to talk to. You make yourselves very hard to tolerate.

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            10 hours ago

            Nevermind, I’ve learned that the new R-word is shithead. Seems more vulgar and insulting but whatever, that’s fine.

      • GorGor@startrek.website
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        5 hours ago

        What happened 10 years ago in the east? Was it Russia invading due to oil reserve discoveries?

        I know Ukrainians. I know eastern Ukrainians who protested against Yanukovych and were shot at so he could keep his gold loves of bread. I also know Russian/Ukrainians whose families emigrated to Ukraine after the USSR ethnically cleansed Crimea of the Tartars. Ukraine is a place with a complex past and lots of internal issues. But those issues are INTERNAL. They should have the right to work them out themselves. Russia invaded for oil and natural gas resources, plus the black sea ports. The rest is propaganda.

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        They’ve been at war for ten years. That’s like saying the US systematically killed German speakers for 4 years in the 1940’s. And they haven’t banned all opposition parties, just the Russian ones.