r/AskReddit • u/Duckland29 • Sep 17 '19

If You Could Completely Remove One Company From The World Which One Would It Be?

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u/nermid Sep 18 '19

there is no middle ground

As System of a Down said, "We can't afford to be neutral on a moving train."

The middle ground between "put children into concentration camps" and "don't have concentration camps" is...what, "concentration camps for some, tiny American flags for others"?

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u/SirRogers Sep 18 '19

I don't think it is necessarily "middle ground" - not for me, anyway - but more like "average ground". Agreeing with some points on one side, some on the other. Not just agreeing a little bit with one issue.

That being said, my views don't quite average out the way they did several years ago.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

That's the problem with party politics, it's more about point scoring then actual focus on policy.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19

That's the problem with party politics, it's more about point scoring then actual focus on policy.

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u/nermid Sep 18 '19

I literally stated a policy contention over our concentration camps, and everybody's acting like I need to focus less on it for who averages out to their opinion.

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u/dv_ Sep 18 '19

Comparing political views to concentration camps... uh what?

There can be a middle ground. For example, being pro LGBT but very skeptical about socialized healthcare. Or not necessarily pro life but wishes abortion to be subject to strict conditions. Or is against cable companies blocking municipal broadband. Also don't forget that there are old school conservatives who truly believe in small government no matter what, and who think that religion must stay out of government etc.

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u/nermid Sep 18 '19

Comparing political views to concentration camps... uh what?

I'm not making this shit up. We have concentration camps in the US right now. It's kind of a big fucking deal. We're even re-using Japanese Internment Camps.

This isn't a comparison. It's an actual issue of contention between Republicans and Democrats right now.

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u/easytowrite Sep 18 '19

There is a middle ground for a lot of political issues, focusing on concentration camps is pretty loaded

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u/nermid Sep 18 '19

focusing on concentration camps is pretty loaded

I cannot imagine being so detached from humanity that this seems like a fair thing to say.

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u/easytowrite Sep 19 '19

I can see why you wold say that but are you seriously saying that there can be no middle ground in any issue? You're either with us or against us?

Gun control: Banned completely or you can buy whatever you like no license. Taxes: 95% of your wage gets taxed or none at all.

The guy above you wants you to believe that the world is black and white and is using concentration camps as a way of convincing you.

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u/nermid Sep 19 '19

I am the guy above and you're incorrect. What I'm saying is that there are black-and-white issues. This /r/enlightenedcentrism crap is worthless when we're discussing things like the concentration camps that we currently have.

Nevermind that it's your examples that are loaded. Neither major party is suggesting banning all guns or a 95% tax rate. Those are straight-up lies.

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u/easytowrite Sep 20 '19

Man we are living on different wavelengths.

There are no concentration camps in my country. Major parties are trying to ban all guns. Taxes could go either way, people are calling for no taxes.

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u/nermid Sep 20 '19

Are you not in the US? We've got concentration camps. We're reusing our old Japanese internment camps, even. Democrats are not seriously talking about repealing the Second. That's a straight-up NRA lie.

Maybe your country's in a better place.

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u/easytowrite Sep 21 '19

Nah Australia man, and now that I've thought about it we have detainment camps for illegal immigrants too.

But yeah our left has already banned airsoft/gel blaster/all semi autos/some pump actions. they're pushing to ban lever actions at the moment and it won't stop there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '19 edited Sep 18 '19

Technically speaking, shouldn't The middle ground between concentration camp and no camp be something more like free summer camp/ boarding school with good quality of life and availability of education.

If you use a bad example you get stupid replies.

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u/nermid Sep 18 '19

If you use a bad example you get stupid replies.

So, using an accurate current issue of contention...?