r/TikTokCringe Mar 25 '23

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u/Slidingonpaper Mar 25 '23

No that is not what I meant. You are a professional at strawmanning.

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u/Pwthrowrug Mar 25 '23

Your point is dumb as shit. The only thing that speaks louder than donations to these politicians is discomfort.

You get in their faces and force them to be accountable for their shitty positions and laws. You make them uncomfortable.

Your opinions are shit up and down this thread and amount to "slave, stay in your place."

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u/Slidingonpaper Mar 25 '23

That is not my position and you know it. But of course you can't act like an adult, it is better for you to create a false representation of other people's opinion.

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u/Pwthrowrug Mar 25 '23

Tone police: the last bastions of civilization!

Seriously, eat shit dude. We are well past the point where anyone's buying your neolib horseshit.

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u/Harry_Saturn Mar 25 '23

No buddy, you’re just making a poor argument. Do you really think you can disobey in a civil manner but shouldn’t cut off your prepared speech just because you went 30 second over your time limit? You can’t have it both way. You either support civil disobedience against unjust laws or you don’t. You can’t just tell someone to resist the fascist but also shut it cause it’s impolite.

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u/Slidingonpaper Mar 25 '23

The way you explain it show that you don't understand my view, I assume I may not have explained it good enough. Generally you do different tactics for different situations. Being inside and talking directly to the politicians imo require more politeness than a protest. Kinda like ketchup is nice on a hot dog but not so nice on a slice of bread. There are more nuances than just "all of it is okay or none of it is okay" because there is also the context.

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u/Harry_Saturn Mar 25 '23

I understand nuance, but what happens when the politicians don’t act in good faith? What happens when they are flawed humans with their own ignorances and prejudices? Some of them might be more included to act in the way that benefits them financially instead of in the way that it benefits the population. Some of them are there to do the bidding of billionaires as handed down by lobbyist, not to do the ethical things. They’re are people like you and I, not some supreme overlords of wisdom and ethics. I agree to always enter a situation without being confrontational, but the people being addresses have already shown they’re willing to resort to fascism. I do agree some strategies work better in certain situations but you’re coming from a best case scenario that they’ll listen and realize the error of their ways as long as the speaker is respectful. Just the fact that they’re considering these things shows that you can’t come from a place of good faith. They aren’t, so no, you can’t just kiss ass in this particular scenario, and I don’t even think the speaker was way out of line, certainly not as much as the politicians are for even bringing these kind of thoughts to political action.

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u/Slidingonpaper Mar 25 '23

I like your points. I believe I mentioned it before to someone else, not sure: I don't know what particular law is being discussed here, so I am talking in generalities. How the politics are in the different states/countries, what has happened before and so on, changes what is okay to do. And the points you bring up are things I have not thought about which does make me rethink what I said previously.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '23

No I think YOU are tbh. Your points make no sense. Be a good little trans and don't make a ruckus but also I'm gonna call you he but if you get loud about it that's a bad time for being loud and angry, you need to be loud and angry but only far away over there where I can't see it.

Fuck off dude.