kristina [she/her]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agojackbooted trans thugs? more likely than you thinkhexbear.netimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down10
arrow-up1139arrow-down1imagejackbooted trans thugs? more likely than you thinkhexbear.netkristina [she/her]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareBurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·7 months agoWhat does authoritarian even mean to these people?
minus-squarekristina [she/her]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·7 months agothe transgender people banned me
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·7 months agoAuthoritarian = When countries I don’t like have laws
minus-squaretheblueredditrefugee [she/her, fae/faer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoI’ve never heard it described so simply, so succinctly, so beautifully
minus-squareIMF_DOOM [she/her, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·7 months agoAuthoritarianism is when we stop fascists from lynching trans people. Freedom is when we say “I don’t agree with the fascists openly planning how to kill me but if I protest then liberals will stop supporting me so I’ll just try and ignore them”
minus-squareSkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·7 months agoIt’s vibes based as usual, so something like “thing I disagree with”
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·7 months agoI think it’s just “when country I don’t like”. I really don’t think there’s anything to it at all.
minus-squareBigHaas [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·7 months agoThey genuinely think every socialist state relies on concentration camps, including modern China.
minus-squareaxont [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·7 months agoAuthoritarian is when countries try to undermine the dollar or seek alternatives Freedom is when your country allows fascist websites and has child detention centers
minus-squareEgon [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-27 months agoThat can’t be it though, because the US prisons are objectively concentration camps, and these idiots love making excuses for the US
minus-squareBigHaas [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·7 months agoThey would say every criminal deserves to be there and we need to be putting all the homeless in prisons too
minus-squaredisposable_cracker [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoIt’s extremely common for burgers to think that literally everyone who lives in AES countries - except for members of the ruling party - are slaves.
minus-squarezed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·7 months agowe are not content to just vooooote
minus-squareroux [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoTry to tell them that the US government is authoritarian and you will find out what they think it means real quick lol.
What does authoritarian even mean to these people?
the transgender people banned me
Authoritarian = When countries I don’t like have laws
I’ve never heard it described so simply, so succinctly, so beautifully
Authoritarianism is when we stop fascists from lynching trans people. Freedom is when we say “I don’t agree with the fascists openly planning how to kill me but if I protest then liberals will stop supporting me so I’ll just try and ignore them”
It’s vibes based as usual, so something like “thing I disagree with”
I think it’s just “when country I don’t like”. I really don’t think there’s anything to it at all.
They genuinely think every socialist state relies on concentration camps, including modern China.
Authoritarian is when countries try to undermine the dollar or seek alternatives
Freedom is when your country allows fascist websites and has child detention centers
That can’t be it though, because the US prisons are objectively concentration camps, and these idiots love making excuses for the US
They would say every criminal deserves to be there and we need to be putting all the homeless in prisons too
It’s extremely common for burgers to think that literally everyone who lives in AES countries - except for members of the ruling party - are slaves.
we are not content to just vooooote
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Try to tell them that the US government is authoritarian and you will find out what they think it means real quick lol.