• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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        19 hours ago

        The reason good people don’t need rules is because they wouldn’t violate them even if they did. Using that to rationalize being a jerk is misapplying it.

        If you’re a “good man,” you wouldn’t be using the r-slur in the first place. The exact cognitive dissonance which allows fascists to be fascists is that they believe themselves to be good people and therefore don’t need rules. But instead of actually being good people, they use this as an excuse to be terrible to others.

      • TootTootComingThru@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        *Noooo don’t call an actual real life monster and a fascist a no no word noooo that makes you just as bad as them nooooo! *

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            13 hours ago

            I can get over minor things and words that don’t matter just fine. Can you? Thick skin and resilience matters a whole of a lot more than nagging other people about certain words.

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              12 hours ago

              Thick skin and resilience matters a whole of a lot more than nagging other people about certain words.

              [citation needed]

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              8 hours ago

              Do you say the same thing when someone uses the n-slur, f-slur, c-slur, b-slur, s-slur, w-slur, or any other slurs?

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          19 hours ago

          so calling him any slur is okay, or just this one?

          i mean, fuck that guy, but that word has a heavy and hateful impact on some people. i just think it’s easier for people to ignore that one than to ignore several others, unfortunately.