• coeliacmccarthy [he/him]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    I'm just some asshole. Me saying "michael moore sucks" does immeasurably less harm to the left than michael moore telling millions of his fans that it would be funny if they died. Why aren't you asking the actually influential people to stop damaging the left?

    • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Why aren’t you asking the actually influential people to stop damaging the left?

      You mean like this:

      Michael Moore has plenty of good takes, but this is a fucking awful one.

      He's wrong on this, but you have a bad approach, too.

      • coeliacmccarthy [he/him]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        Michael Moore is a rich lib shitheel who sometimes has good takes. I don't owe him respect any more than I do Jimmy Dore, nor does the left as a whole.

        • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          The point is that an approach of dismissing someone who's more right than most over one shitty take is a fast track to getting nothing done.

          Everyone has a shit take now and then, and everyone indulges in sloppy rhetoric like "fuck this whole country" on occasion.

          • chance [they/them,none/use name]
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            edit-2
            4 years ago

            The consequences of making one's politics the main, or only, aspect of one's personality. Self-righteousness takes precedence over putting those politics into effect. /armchair