• dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    ‘First They Came’ isn’t just got barely apologetic Nazis and literal war criminals (as Niehmöller unapologetically was).

    Even those of us who don’t suck should look to the most vulnerable among us and say “why don’t they deserve to be safe, happy and free?”

    • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      This is why I keep track of furry hate.

      A Maryland renaissance fair set a policy prohibiting furry costumes on the grounds that they spoil immersion but then they allow for other non-period costumes such as Imperial Stormtroopers.

      This was news right around the time Tuberville went on his rant about furries in the commercial airline industry, calling on furries to be institutionalized.

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        First they ban furries from ren fairies, then what’s next. No starfleet officers? What about cranky archaeologists just looking for the right grail?

        I always wondered why the dumbest politician in the US (which is an amazing feat in a world where Trump draws breath) was so worked up about furries. It seemed… odd.

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            Oh, I’m not truly surprised. Though in Tuberville’s case, I think he’s honestly the dumbest motherfucker in every room he’s in. Possibly any continent he’s currently on.

            I’m wrapping up the second part of Behind the Batards on Dennis Hastert, and the number of ‘gut the welfare state because of corruption’ while getting tons of lobby bribery or check kiting in their own bank is… not even remotely surprising. Not to mention the legion of hyper moralists who want jeebus in everything while cheating on their mistress.

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      Yeah I have always said that you can tell a nation by how it treats it’s weakest, most vulnerable people.

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            The human condition.

            We survived through the most insane adversity through shared struggle and empathy. But once we’re “comfortable”, enough of us are free to show just how awful we can be.

            I still view humanity as mostly good enough. But we aren’t able to handle large enough groupings that allow sociopaths to have free reign.