• RE: I hate the Lefties, but don't know why

    From Mike Dippel@3:712/1321.5 to Bj rn Felten on Thu Aug 11 21:04:44 2022
    On 8/10/2022 4:01 PM, Bjÿrn Felten wrote to Aaron Thomas:

    Aaron Thomas -> Bjÿrn Felten skrev 2022-08-05 14:16:
    Who *are* those "Lefties" and whatever have they done to you, to make
    you hate them with such a passion?

    I told you what they're doing to everyone, instead of just focusing on
    what
    they've done to me personally.

    Absolutely incredible. I was expecting something like this, but not to this
    degree. Do you really not understand how incredibly stupid that is?

    You are wasting energy on hating thousands of millions of people unknown for
    reasons that you have been brainwashed into thinking that they are doing to thousands of millions of other people unknown. And this does not even have any
    impact on you personally?

    What are you trying to save us poor "Lefties" from, living in countries that
    by any metric is ranked on top of any list of the best countries to live in, while USA is down on #38 or something like that. Do you really think we would
    thank you, if we were to degrade to the same corrupt, now fascist striving, country like yours?

    All of these things (that leftists do) have
    affected me personally but it's ridiculous to cry about

    And yet, A) you can't name a single thing and B) you keep on crying, rather
    than getting your act together and actually try to find out what your MAGA idiots have done to *prevent* the "Lefties" from giving you a better life? Maybe you could even find some people to love rather than hating the vast majority of the Earth's population for reasons unknown to you?

    Don't you have a guy over there, that gave name to one of your prominent religious movements, who preached love and compassion? How does that compute with your vicious hatred and inability to show empathy?


    I really try to stay out of politics, but I was playing pickleball today with someone flying
    a "Brandon" flag, and saying that Merritt Garland should be shot for what he did.

    Why is it that the rights are so radical and political? All is see is constant hatred. Is
    there any hope for our Country?

    Mike Dippel

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Mike Dippel on Fri Aug 12 10:10:03 2022
    Why is it that the rights are so radical and political? All is see is constant hatred. Is there any hope for our Country?

    I share your concern. The hatred is in every fascist movement's playbook. Unite the most stupid and uneducated people into a hatred frenzy against an imaginary enemy, and they get the voter base needed to take power. It worked for that Austrian Corporal a century ago, so why not try it again?

    Fortunately, it seems like more and more good people are finally waking up and realizing what is happening, so, yes, I think that there's still hope for your country, that I used to love until the GOP started to transform into a fascist, Putin loving party.

    ..

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  • From Michael Mrak@2:31/124 to Bj”rn Felten on Fri Aug 12 20:14:49 2022
    I feel with you. The same shit is happening again here in Europe in many states. Hungary, Poland, unfortunately also partly my home country Austria, Italy and so on.

    Brazil and many other countries around the world are also falling into autocratic structures. I do not even want to speak of Russia.

    Unfortunately, we in Europe have learned nothing from our history. History repeats itself, and this time the spirit of nationalism and radical right-wing extremism is going global :-(

    Michael
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