Post ARZFkyOSEbZ6FwVMBs by MiguelSmizSuarez@libretooth.gr
(DIR) More posts by MiguelSmizSuarez@libretooth.gr
(DIR) Post #ARYS2XdQb8KZrre6e8 by peterrelph2@kolektiva.social
2023-01-12T02:48:01Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@truthat @Irreverent_B @DrALJONES @dallas @DrKrispyOz I expected no less :)Very tetchy on all his pointless generalisations.
(DIR) Post #ARYS2Y7CoQ9NMDZt3o by dallas@mastodon.au
2023-01-12T02:58:38Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@peterrelph2 @truthat @Irreverent_B @DrALJONES @DrKrispyOz I think I've become more left leaning as I've got older.
(DIR) Post #ARYS2YeWoWnz1ZAV04 by DrALJONES@mastodon.social
2023-01-12T03:13:39Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@dallas @peterrelph2 @truthat @Irreverent_B Having been educated about fascism in my 20s, I had nowhere further progressive to go.Seems to me that as people learn more about how & why the system works, they either join it for the perks, or they become more progressive.The rest, imo, are sleepwalking.
(DIR) Post #ARYS2Z5TCMM8N7m0zg by peterrelph2@kolektiva.social
2023-01-12T03:17:33Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@DrALJONES @dallas @truthat @Irreverent_B I can thank the history teacher in secondary school, History: British Social & Economic 1760-1914He just taught us the facts from the book & the facts spoke for themselves.
(DIR) Post #ARYS2ZlefW6GTxVhkO by MiguelSmizSuarez@libretooth.gr
2023-01-12T03:34:15Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@peterrelph2 @DrALJONES @dallas @truthat @Irreverent_B During the junta in Greece my ma sent me to the neighbourhood kiosk to buy newspapers. Had to buy a copy of every paper available & 3 packs of fags. So the guy in the kiosk couldn’t guess & report on her politics. In '73 we moved to Spain where I played with a kid who was being taken care of by his blind grandfather. He'd lost his sight living underground hiding from Franco. Brit schools taught me Greece owes it's independence to the RN.
(DIR) Post #ARYUX7bhcPb01sY3Y8 by MiguelSmizSuarez@libretooth.gr
2023-01-12T03:59:47Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@Corfiot @Irreverent_B @peterrelph2 @dallas @DrALJONES @truthat Exactly.With glee the teacher told us how the Royal Navy sunk the Turkish fleet for not firing the right number of guns in tributary salute. When asked about Kolokotronits, Botsaris, Karaiskakis, Bouboulina et al, secret schools, a religion & language kept alive through 400 years of occupation & if any of that might have contributed to Greece becoming independent, he advised that answering to that effect would not lead to a pass.
(DIR) Post #ARYX6Zp7D1pyNmLoPo by MiguelSmizSuarez@libretooth.gr
2023-01-12T04:28:56Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@Corfiot @Irreverent_B @peterrelph2 @dallas @DrALJONES @truthat Many years latter met a Russian (unlike others, wasted a morning writing the contact up too) who informed me the Treaty of Adrianople caused independence. Can't speak for others, I've definitely moved leftwards & was never right of sensible, even with a life wasted contributing to & sustaining an unsustainable, inequitable & divisive system of governance that is now utterly proven to benefit the few at massive cost to the many.
(DIR) Post #ARZEXAG7DqEl32SKfY by DrALJONES@mastodon.social
2023-01-12T06:05:16Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@Corfiot @peterrelph2 @MiguelSmizSuarez @truthat Re "hope the conservative-progr conflict continues..."Seems to be an underlying false-balance-both-sidesism assumption hereHistorically & psychologically, fascism is an aggressive psychopathic (ie, brain abnormal) ideology that seeks to destroy what it fantasises as OtherIt is infantile & based on imagined threat & fear of differenceIt cannot abide feeling vulnerable & turns its fear into murderous rage Progressivism defends against it
(DIR) Post #ARZFkyOSEbZ6FwVMBs by MiguelSmizSuarez@libretooth.gr
2023-01-12T08:35:13Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@katecoldwind@mastodon.scotProtect, preserve or guard what though? Seems to have gone from maintaining a perverse status quo to striving for a status quo ante, both of which benefit the few with the wherewithal to harness the power needed to do so & sod the rest . It is a con & always was & now, despite the dumbing down of education, the fraud is exposed. Conservativism isn't really a political ideology, it's exploitation, theft.@MysticaRose @Corfiot @Irreverent_B @peterrelph2 @dallas @DrALJONES @truthat
(DIR) Post #ARZFmjwEwuMA0I9NU8 by MysticaRose@mstdn.social
2023-01-12T07:44:07Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@katecoldwind@mastodon.scot @corfiot @Irreverent_B @peterrelph2 @MiguelSmizSuarez @dallas @DrALJONES @truthat No there isn't🤦♀️ Conservatives are bad. It's in their name. Con = bad.
(DIR) Post #ARZG2cNYp2szByV5gO by DrALJONES@mastodon.social
2023-01-12T08:50:34Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@MiguelSmizSuarez @katecoldwind@mastodon.scot @MysticaRose @Corfiot @Irreverent_B @truthat neuropsych info:Brain scans of conservative & progressive thinkers show structural differences in certain areasTypically, conservative thinkers are poor at reasoning, evidence-resistant & hyper-alert to threat - particularly differenceThey may respond to new or complex ideas (typical of progressivism) with fear & lash out (as often seen in "debate")https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/right-and-left-the-choice-between-dumb-and-dumber,15130 #USPol #CdnPoli #UKPol #AusPol
(DIR) Post #ARZG8uXeCsgZGCDeYC by MysticaRose@mstdn.social
2023-01-12T09:16:51Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@katecoldwind@mastodon.scot @DrALJONES @MiguelSmizSuarez @corfiot @Irreverent_B @truthat The conservatives are the fascists🤦♀️
(DIR) Post #ARZG9r3YeOfojxaxLE by DrALJONES@mastodon.social
2023-01-12T09:15:30Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@katecoldwind@mastodon.scot @MiguelSmizSuarez @MysticaRose @Corfiot @Irreverent_B @truthat Kate, SHOWING how brain differences affect thought & behaviour is not the same as assuming pathology. It is fascism that equates difference with pathology.It is a matter for distinguishing which differences can cause pathology (eg, in psychopaths) and which don't. Even then, environmental factors are vital, eg, some ppl with "a psychopath brain" never act on their impulses; early environment is crucial in this.
(DIR) Post #ARZGDikNUDw27yT1lY by DrALJONES@mastodon.social
2023-01-12T09:33:03Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@katecoldwind@mastodon.scot @MiguelSmizSuarez @MysticaRose @Corfiot @Irreverent_B @truthat Kate, If you actually read the article rather than assuming you already know what it's saying, you'd see that the title is tongue-in-cheekIt employs the term "dumb" in one of it's perfectly legitimate meanings -- not as stupid, but as in continuing to employ strategies even though they've always failed.It claims the left is "dumber" than the right in this sensenot that conservative thinkers are only on the right
(DIR) Post #ARZGe6hR3PfDwbfmJU by peterbrown@mastodon.scot
2023-01-12T11:11:00Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@MiguelSmizSuarez @Corfiot @Irreverent_B @peterrelph2 @dallas @DrALJONES @truthat I’m not sure in your case, but in my case I am conscious that the country I was born into has marched steadily to the right throughout my entire life, and inequality has increased exponentially.So I don’t think I have moved. On the contrary, I think the goalposts have shifted, and I am simply not prepared to move with them.
(DIR) Post #ARZIyCT9VofJXRhWOu by MysticaRose@mstdn.social
2023-01-12T13:31:11Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@corfiot @Irreverent_B @MiguelSmizSuarez @DrALJONES @truthat Because equity and equality for all is only threatening to the wealthy. They may have to part with a few pennies and stop mercilessly abusing us and our planet. We are 1 SPECIES. Special interest groups is a marketing term designed to keep us divided and fighting amongst ourselves. We outnumber them by billions, yet they're winning. #EatTheRich #AbolishCapitalism
(DIR) Post #ARZJBBnXJqHtDmQfR2 by MysticaRose@mstdn.social
2023-01-12T13:34:07Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@corfiot @Irreverent_B @peterrelph2 @MiguelSmizSuarez @dallas @DrALJONES @truthat Says the conservative 🤡
(DIR) Post #ARZJpLKDJiLYLtrPQe by MysticaRose@mstdn.social
2023-01-12T13:40:27Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@corfiot @Irreverent_B @peterrelph2 @MiguelSmizSuarez @dallas @DrALJONES @truthat No hon, that's you🤡 You lack compassion, empathy, and sympathy. You really should seek professional help with that.
(DIR) Post #ARZJthmZlLSlA3Cs7c by MysticaRose@mstdn.social
2023-01-12T13:33:35Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@corfiot @Irreverent_B @MiguelSmizSuarez @DrALJONES @truthat Equity and equality for all life on Earth isn't a ideological fad du jour 🙄