thudly
thudly t1_ivmtp4t wrote
Reply to comment by Rage_Like_Nic_Cage in Reports of alleged voter intimidation and interference in NC ahead of Election Day by Zen1
> those at the top
...don't want democracy. The people want the nation's wealth fairly distributed, and their voting might facilitate that. The pricks on top want authoritarianism, but only if it's somebody friendly to their interests.
thudly t1_ivk13l2 wrote
Reply to comment by HildemarTendler in China taking ‘aggressive’ steps to gut Canada’s democracy, warns Trudeau by hugglenugget
I see by the upvotes the racism gets, and the downvotes to your very rational and reasoned response that xenophobic idiots are out in full force today.
These people don't see nuance. They see "our team" and "the enemy". Everybody is all catagorized into broad groups and painted with the same brush, becuase anything deeper than that requires critical thinking.
Getting Chinese people the fuck out of an authoritative regime and into our culture gives them less power. We just have to stay on top of our policing in case a few bad actors slip through. That would have been true anyway, no matter what the immigration policy.
But try explaining all that to a racist.
thudly t1_itddlga wrote
Reply to comment by screech_owl_kachina in Schoolboy protester dies in Iran after reportedly being shot at close range | Iran by hugglenugget
> God never tells guys to stop killing people
He does. Constantly. Anybody killing in God's name is going to be very suprised and dismayed when they meet him.
> Every religious leader is always
Yes. There's the problem.
thudly t1_j1t0tza wrote
Reply to Hardliner Clerics In Iran Demand More Executions, Amputations by aqua_zesty_man
Imagine trying to convince the world that your god is good, and holy, and just, and righteous, and his teachings are the only correct moral way... and then calling for mutilating human beings.
The only spiritual entity I know of that gets off on sadistically torturing people wears a red suit and carries a pitchfork. Maybe these people need to re-examine their beliefs.