• Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    Ah yes, the classic “lOOk aT tHE TOlEraNt LEfT” argument.

    The person I was replying too didn’t mention Left or Right and neither did I.

    It’s a false equivalency.

    Silencing your ideological opponents is ethically and morally inferior and I don’t care what your supposed motivation is.

    • Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      The person I was replying too didn’t mention Left or Right and neither did I.

      Question: are you really this dense, or just acting in bad faith?

      Silencing your ideological opponents is ethically and morally inferior and I don’t care what your supposed motivation is.

      “I want to eliminate all of insert racial or religious slur.”

      “That’s bad.”

      “I want to stop that person from saying and doing that.”

      "That’s exactly as bad.*