[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago

See, this disingenuous argument works better when you just generalize it, because when you get into specifics it looks very different. Example:

Step 1: label the people that hold the belief that ‘trans people are subhuman trash that need to be excised from society by violence if necessary’ as intolerant

Step 2: skip diplomacy because they refuse to engage in actual conversation

Step 3: use force on them because they are actually attacking trans people.

Although really even parts 2 & 3 are disingenuous, because there are plenty of examples of people trying to engage the intolerant in debate, far beyond what would really be reasonable even. And you’ll also notice that force is rarely, if ever, used against those intolerant folks either, even as they use force, even deadly force.

Hell, even the law won’t do more than slap their wrists in many cases. I use trans people as an example because until recently, ‘I went on a date with this lady and then found out she was trans, and I was so shocked I killed her’ was an actual legitimate legal defense and several people used it. If we’re being pedantic, that defense is still perfectly acceptable at the national level, as several bills banning it have been introduced, but none have been passed.

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

I’m sure people said that about passenger pigeons too at one point.

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Huh, your slur got removed. Didn’t realize World did that, thought it was just ml or something.

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I mean, you did kinda leave yourself open for that one.

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago

See, Britain just needs Ugly Laws, like what America had up until 1974! Then they could just have the guy arrested!

In all seriousness what the fuck. What goes through a person’s head that they think treating someone that way is even remotely okay?

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 81 points 1 month ago

Yeah, they’re referring to the old idiom ‘actions speak louder than words’.

When people pass laws saying kids don’t get lunch at school, that trans people can’t legally change their gender, that being homeless is a crime, and that women can’t have abortions, they are saying all those things.

And when people tell you who they are, believe them.

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 56 points 2 months ago

If I recall correctly, he forgot to switch accounts before posting that one.

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 56 points 4 months ago

Boy, rules for thee but not for me. The wife can’t kill a woman she finds sleeping with her husband?

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 54 points 4 months ago

These twats believe a name in ALL CAPS is a ‘fictional shell corporation’ and a name in Regular Capitalized Lowercase is a ‘real person’. (They prove this by saying your name is written in all caps on your birth certificate because that’s when the government creates the shell corporation of you that they trade securities against.)

So this person is upset that the government is trying to trick them by having an envelope looking like it’s addressed to the real person, but inside the letter is for the shell corporation.

They don’t want to be conflated with their shell corporation in any way, because that’s the entity that’s responsible for taxes and following laws and paying back debts, stuff like that. SovCits want to live in and take advantage of society’s benefits, but they don’t want to actually contribute to it. Especially if it involves childcare.

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 87 points 6 months ago

Be careful you don’t cut yourself on all that edge.

Also fascinating that you seem to think the only people who can be sad about the death of one of the most influential mangaka are those who posted about him constantly. I’m curious; how often does one need to post about him? Daily? Weekly? Or is just one post a month sufficient?

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 71 points 7 months ago

Historically speaking, the only way they would consider gun control is if we handed minorities guns.

The last time serious gun control was passed was when the Black Panthers armed themselves.

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 120 points 9 months ago

You’ve never gone to the cops with a problem before, have you?

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