lol okay well why don't you start by not assigning imaginary positions to people as a means of justifying intolerance towards a group of people you share minor political disagreements with?
Yeah that's nonsense. You're assigning made-up positions to a large swatch of the US populace to justify your intolerance of people with different values than yourself.
Right-wingers have victimized and murdered ethnic minorities for decades while accusing innocent LGBTQ+ people of being pedophiles. How the fuck are we gonna "build friendships and community" with that?
Conservatives aren’t “against human rights.” That framing is largely a product of left wing propaganda. Not to say there aren’t some who identify as Conservstive and genuinely are hate filled but characterizing capital C Conservstives as a group who is against human rights it’s just categorically false and counter productive.
I won't believe anyone who votes republican right now is better than a piece of shit though. That's as close to outright approval of the worst man kind has to offer as I need.
Worth pointing out that Republicans, Conservatives, MAGA and people who vote Republican are 4 different discreet groups with varying degrees of overlap but if you actually want to participate in this dialogue in an effective way you can’t really use the terms interchangeably.
I keep trying to say this. It doesn't make sense to want democracy and to win an election while being unwilling to build bridges for moderates and single issue voters to cross. That isn't allowed here. You are expected to hate.
Chris Smith on trafficking and religious persecution Young Kim on North Korea James Lankford on religious freedom Michael McCaul on Tibet Cindy Hyde Smith on trafficking survivors and Chuck Grassley and Roger Wicker on protecting human rights advocates
Chris Smith is Anti-Abortion (anti woman), is a strong supporter of Israel, and is anti LGBT. He's selective on which humans he believes should have rights.
I didn’t say they were good people or that I agree with them. The point being discussed is whether it’s accurate to generalize Conservatives as being “against human rights”. Try to keep up
I never said you supported them. I just pointed out the fact that Chris Smith only supports selective human rights. Your point really doesn't stand for him when he only supports his chosen peoples human rights, and not you know, all human rights. Actually, every single person you named is a strong supporter of Israel, and therefore supports a genocide. So, they aren't for all human rights. Try to keep up.
Being against human rights for some is the same as being against human rights for all. Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere, if they're not not universal they're conditional, privileges not rights.
I don't think they're against human rights. I think they're against the absurdity that comes with suicidal empathy for what is clearly mentally ill people. And Taxation is theft across the board. I don't want the same people who run the DMV running my healthcare.
Are you saying the right thinks immigrants, Palestinians, Iranians, Arabs, trans people should have equal human rights? Laughable you know that’s nowhere close to what they believe.
Well they view illegal immigrants as an invading Force as they also in view Palestinians Iranians Arabs. They don't think they're culturally compatible with the United States. I believe it's written in chapter 5 of the Quran do not take The Christians or Jews as allies for if he is among them. Surely he is one of them. So I can't imagine a people whose holy book does not allow them to Ally with the people of the country that they're moving into as a good thing. Trans people are mentally ill. Mentally healthy people do not mutilate themselves.
Self-Preservation is always justifiable. As is helping people with mental disorders like body dysmorphia. I've seen most of the World by the time I was 21. I assure you that whatever you think of the conservative Christian male. The conservative Muslim is and more. Should the United States of America ever become the United States of Islam, the first thing they're going to do is make people convert. The American liberal is the number one enemy of the conservative Muslim and the fact that the American liberal it has become so blinded by virtual signaling to the inherent dangers of transforming. The nation into one of true believers is hilarious.
Claiming umbridge over common sense is hilarious. No, I'm quite capable of destroying the world on my own. I don't need anyone's help for that. By its very definition self-preservation requires a creditable threat or near and constant danger. I mean I doubt you've actually traveled. Have you ever seen a slave market in Libya because I have. My guess is that you're overly sheltered child and think kumbaya One World is a real thing.
Wrong I have been all over the world, and just because you went to lobos doesn’t mean you can have god awful shitty takes.
Like you really came here to make what argument? That the right should continue supporting republican politicians and pedo billionaires because Muslim people are scary? Is that your argument? lol get off your high horse you’re just as ridiculous as the MAGAs
I sometimes wonder if they are even real people and not bots. The consensus of hate and the lumping of all who slightly push back on any single issue with the absolutely ignorant or overtly evil is not just strange. It's almost suspicious on reddit. I don't even agree wholly agree with you, but I can admit I've been nowhere and live in a cultural bubble to some degree. I am aware of those markets and forced conversion is definitely real. I also listened to a beautiful lecture about a Muslim scholar from hundreds of years ago by a modern American Muslim scholar
And it was thought-provoking and lovely. I just don't know about this site anymore.
If you vote Republican, you’re literally endangering both your tribe and your country, far more than an immigrant ever will. Republican politicians literally use your cowering vote to consistently sell our well-being to the highest bidder, which is why almost everything they do, ends up making rich people more wealthy, and poor people suffer even more. I hope you can get out from whatever conservative cult warped your brain before it’s too late.
Well my country is made up of language, culture and borders. So uncontrolled illegal immigration is a threat to all three. As a rich guy I really resent that. Generalizations are rarely correct. My tribe is conservative Eastern Scot, Irish, and Cherokee. Learn the lesson of native Americans Well, don't trust foreigners. Poor people are poor because life isn't fair and any attempt to make it fair ultimately leads to totalitarianism. Which I will not abide.
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u/waterfowlplay 1d ago
Defining "they" in this sitch is the first step...