There’s a clear campaign against the mentally ill with the global rise of fascism. Lots of it shows up in anti homeless rhetoric, but you can see it in the MAHA and anti vaccination movements.

There’s no reason to use the word “r-tarded” to describe someone. As someone who’s worked with the intellectually challenged, it’s an insult to them to compare them with people who are willfully ignorant.

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    Interesting how “comrade” is a slur where you come from, but “tankie” isn’t 🤔

    I never claimed to be “holy” or better than anyone. In fact, I’m quite imperfect, even when I try my best, I still mess up sometimes.

    That’s why I rely on my community of comrades - like you - to call me out and help me identify my shortcomings and call me out when I’m using exclusionary language.

    Genuinely, whatever your intentions were, I’m grateful for you calling me out and helping to push me left. “What force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one? But the union makes us strong!”

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      Why are you still masturbating here? This is some weird patting yourself on the back shit.

      Your shortcomings isn’t your language. It’s your fucked up worldview and your garbage beliefs.

      You’re focusing on the wrong thing, it’s the epitome of performative leftism to attempt to mask your rotten attraction for authoritarianism.

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        9 hours ago

        Why are you still masturbating here? This is some weird patting yourself on the back shit.

        To piss you off, mostly.

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            Pretty rich to call me a troll, after, “comrade is a slur where I come from, tankie.”

            I’m just confused, since you called out my language for not being inclusive enough, surely you want me to admit to my wrongdoing on the matter. But somehow, owning up to my mistakes is, “patting myself on the back.”

            As Sarte said about the Nazis:

            “Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”

            Since that’s how you behave, I might as well play along, as long as it’s amusing. But, speaking seriously, all your talking points are just bad faith far-right bullshit.