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“Anyone who isn’t performatively anti things-I-disagree with is thing-I-disagree-with” I remember my liberal friends sneering Bush for his “you’re with us or a

• terminatornet 4y ago
  Correct, if you aren't vocally against hate speech, homophobia, transphobia, etc, you may as well be on the side of it. "the only thing it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" blah blah blah, you get it nazi.
  • zionic 4y ago
    So would you argue then anyone against mass surveillance supports terrorism? That if you don’t support NSA hardware back doors you might as well fly the planes into the towers yourself?
    • BuyMyBitcoins 4y ago
      I’m starting to think this person we are responding to is either a troll or such a one dimensional thinker that they are, in the literal definition of the word, a bigot. “A person who is obstinately and unreasonably wedded to a particular religious or other creed, opinion, practice, or ritual; a person who is illiberally attached to any opinion, system of belief, or party organization; an intolerant dogmatist.” Perhaps they are cut from the same cloth as those who enthusiastically guillotined perceived enemies left and right during The Terror, only to be beheaded themselves months later by other revolutionaries using the same justification and sense of righteous fervor.
    • terminatornet 4y ago
      Would I argue the same way in a completely different scenario that has nothing to do with what I said about standing against racism and transphobia? No, i wouldn't
  • jimmygrapes 4y ago
  • Cyberdog 4y ago
    Can I ever have time to do something else, though? Like, can I ever get some work done, or go for a walk outside, or have a conversation with friends or strangers about some non-political topic without constantly have to perform a "I'm against bigotry" dance? It would be exhausting to constantly be virtue signaling like that. Maybe that's why the Twitter accounts that do also often tweet about how tired they are.
    • terminatornet 4y ago