Posts by benroyce@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #BA0QrsiHHyTIfeleQi by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoy 👏 👏 👏 fuck the bullshitlive your life
(DIR) Post #BAErtF8ybQH824o2ng by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoy psychologically weaponized mechanized toxic positivity
(DIR) Post #BANDQ2EpBcAsgbO0Tg by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris the precise political / legal maneuvering details matter as to execution of the necessary act of banning them, but the details don't matter to the point of "can't be done"where there is a will, there is a wayif there is no will, then it's sparkling fascism for everyonethe stakes are dire. and not enough accept that. not doing something about #AfD is a problem almost as bad as the actual #fascismask me how i know as an american
(DIR) Post #BANE3n92ipD3SUdhC4 by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris yes, that's called life:every act is imperfect. but doing nothing is far worsesome choose to do nothing except whine about the details out of an impotent feeling of seeking perfection and an inability to come to grips with the reality and the stakes. this is nothing more than spinelessness and weakness. the fascist laughs with glee and is emboldenedi see every single risk you cite, and even more risks. then i cite the risk of doing nothing. and the argument is settled
(DIR) Post #BANFGTzFMW25lAflMu by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris you answered your own question on your own termsyes, we're going to get revolution/ civil war if we don't settle this with political and legal (figurative) brass knuckles nowand the thing with revolution/ civil war is that the suffering on that scale makes playing hardball with fascists now look like a pleasant day in the parkanyone wringing their hands over the "implications" and "hypocrisy" or other bullshit high minded "concerns" is a fucking airhead aiding fascists
(DIR) Post #BANG0xalcgswtpNuKm by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris if the fascist start shooting, we fucking shoot them backit's either that, or we wind up shooting back *after* they control the govt and shoot us firstseems like a pretty simple choicethe dithering and hand wringing is from weak airheads who think there is some magic way to avoid the shooting. there isn'tso you want to do this now when we can win, or later when we might not plus 5,000,000x suffering?the fascists *depend* upon our weakness
(DIR) Post #BANG7JecVe4j3sDY2a by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris who gives a fuckthere is no more peaceful transfer of power if the fascists win, merely because we're too scared and hesitant to push backthose are the stakesand they overrule every single concern you have
(DIR) Post #BANHtyp8qQB4bKuKUC by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris what the fuck are you talking about? are you reading what i'm saying? i said apply german law, and i'm still saying apply german law. no contradiction was remotely indicated
(DIR) Post #BANI1XhZZFnKnfyPIm by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris i don't want a civil war at all. i want people to vote"If so, where's your AR-15?"right. just like "if you support ukraine, why aren't you on the front line" style bullshit😂we seem to be strolling into vatnik style "argumentation"i wonder why that ishmmm
(DIR) Post #BANIUIbWmLO2NFrFvE by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris"Article 21 (1) Political parties shall participate in the formation of the political will of the people... They must publicly account for their assets and for the sources and use of their funds. (2) Parties that, by reason of their aims or the behaviour of their adherents, seek to undermine or abolish the free democratic basic order or to endanger the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany shall be unconstitutional."and you spent 10 posts posturing in defense of AfD
(DIR) Post #BANJ2NaAmCoJewTVfU by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris i know why they didn't do it yeti'm from the usa, we have our spineless centrist shitand germany is going to be like the usa if you don't wake the fuck up and stop yammering in defense of AfDis that your intention or not?if not, you're an airhead yapping about "concerns" while rome burnsif it is, you're transparent in your efforts
(DIR) Post #BANJfJhl7xEevWaedk by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris the issue here is we have a problem, and we are talking solutionsyou agree there is a problem, yes?so what is your solutioni have proposed: apply german lawpropose yours"everything sucks and then you die, waah" is not a solution, it's not even a talking point. it's just whining. is that all you have?
(DIR) Post #BANJvjO7PCP1DPELMO by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris thank youwhich is what i fucking said 20 comments ago
(DIR) Post #BANKnLLZ0RQCI3bErg by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris it is that simple: the decisionit is not that simple: the detailsthe problem is not the details, the problem are spineless milquetoast who don't press the fucking ENTER key and start the program
(DIR) Post #BANLSwWjfxkrTXf4pk by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris i find you guilty of a flawed analogythe proper analogy is:when putin comes to the baltics, is NATO going to dither or execute?in germany, as in the usa, "putin came to the baltics" and centrists sat there with their hands under their legs, sweating in quiet desperationget up, and execute
(DIR) Post #BANMwyCq66FFKCEl0q by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris yes of course, which is why putin is engaging in hybrid warfare and not direct confrontation. to eat away at the political will. so eventually, he hopes, NATO reaction won't be so automaticand yes, my analogy was flawed. but it was accurate on the *previous* topic. this is new territory, and you are entirely correct in this new territory
(DIR) Post #BANOxE4NJj3YQtWmP2 by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris but this equation is already solved and is obvious. see our discussion abovethus anyone still hesitating is not providing leadership nor executive decision making. just spinelessnessto fit your current analogy, when the allies landed at anzio, they hesitated. the germans and italians were surprised and could have been routed quickly. however the hesitation allowed the germans and italians to regroup and it turned into a bloody 4 month grindhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio
(DIR) Post #BANPTNJWTyNYN0wWDA by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris i don't care, because we're going to be fighting the fascist now, or later when its worse. that's the only choice. there is no not fighting them. this collapses all the tangential issues and clarifies the necessary decisionthat you don't understand this or "disagree" has no meaning to me. you don't offer anything else except hand waving
(DIR) Post #BANPplUrFgAfk6vAa8 by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris yes. i vote. i agitate to vote left. and i will be doing more in that avenuebecause if we do vote, for nonspineless leadership, we can move against this tide before we become russia 2.0are you angling for another "unless you pick up a gun and start shooting people you're not genuine" vatnik style argument? 😂 and what are you doing, besides throwing up cognitive vaporware roadblocks that only aids the AfD?
(DIR) Post #BANQNOLjookLnbgpKy by benroyce@mastodon.social
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@wolf480pl @jmaris 😂 i've not provided a convincing argument that fascism is a problem? or that opposing fascism is the solution? or some detail in between that you think allows you to flap your gums and sound serious yet you offer nothing but "but it's hard man"i'm glad your country isn't facing fascism. good for youwill you help us who are and are trying to fight it? or provide incoherent arguments in contradiction to the process of recognizing a problem and providing solutions?