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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is drivel. I don't have to pretend that someone who is actively working to oppress others is "fundamentally good".

You can be friends with people who have harmful views all you want. But you're complicit.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmmmmm.

Do you support abortion? Do you think that Nazis should have some restrictions on their free speech? Do you oppose prayer being led by teachers in public schools? Do you support gun control?

If yes to any of the above, a political opponent could easily say that you in fact are actively working to oppress others and that your views are harmful. To which Im sure you would reply that no, those stances are about protecting and empowering people, but thats really a matter of perspective and conservatives would say the same thing about their principles. I'm sorry that this makes me sound like a smug enlightened centrist, cause I'm not remotely a centrist, but I think it's narrow-minded to believe that only people with your worldview are fundamentally good.