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[–] fonix232@fedia.io 124 points 1 month ago (15 children)

The far right criticises the Dems as much as the left.

You 100% have to make it clear where the critique comes from.

[–] Zensate@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (31 children)

Criticism is not evaluated by where it comes from, but by whether it's true or false. If you don't put truth first, you don't get to have a say in anything anyway.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 50 points 1 month ago (3 children)

MAGA criticizes the Dems for being too far left. I criticize the Dems for being too far right.

We are not the same.

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[–] fonix232@fedia.io 16 points 1 month ago (16 children)

The source does matter. I won't support a MAGAt just because they bash the Dems.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If Putin said the sky is blue, would you suddenly insist its black?

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Doesn't matter, you get accused of being undercover MAGA anyway. Been there, done that.

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[–] FlyingCircus@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

We criticize them for vastly different things though… The right says they’re communists and we say they’re not communist enough (or at all, really).

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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Would depend on the content of the critique Id think, like, if your criticism of the dems is that theyre far too conservative, thats not the sort of thing that someone that considers conservatism a good thing would say. If you give some vague attack on their moral character or intelligence or such, that lines up more with how the right would also criticism them, and therefore invites more confusion.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

Hence why I said that your criticism should make it obvious where you stand.

I'm not saying that you need to put "fuck the GOP too" next to every criticism. But if all you say is "fuck the Dems for ruining the country", it's not obvious where you stand.

"Fuck the Dems for being too conservative" on the other hand makes it obvious.

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[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (6 children)

It's easy to tell as the right's criticism is they eat babies, they're demon spawn, welfare queens, nothing true just emotionally applied rhetoric. Where as the left would say they're barely better than Republicans in regards to wars and keeping them going in perpetuity, they could pass universal healthcare instead of what the ACA was but through either naivety or incompetence reached out to Republicans to help make a plan "both parties would be happy with" for the Republicans not to vote for it at all.

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[–] TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The primary difference is that Republicunts completely discount any thing that is left wing as impossible to achieve, often by using circular logic that boils down to a faulty appeal to authority (religion), with a light sprinkling of racism and white superiority rhetoric mixed in.

Leftists actually use verifiable data points and publically available economic figures mixed with objective reasoning to levy their critiques.

Reading comprehension includes understanding the implied context of the words, not just being able to pronounce them properly.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 weeks ago

You really don't. Its pretty clear by what the critique is, whether or not it comes from a leftist or a right wing nut. Its only difficult to tell the difference if you lack basic comprehension.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, this screenshot is just another “If you don’t understand my unqualified opinion you’re just too stupid to figure it out” hot take by someone thinking they’re the smartest person in the room.

No, criticizing the dems doesn’t automatically mean criticism of anyone to the right of them.

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[–] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So many libs fail the "You hate pancakes" test every hour.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know what this means, can someone was explain the reference?

[–] lawks@aussie.zone 26 points 1 month ago

I think it might be this:
https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2659979-no-bitch-dats-a-whole-new-x-wtf-is-you-talkin-about
Various different screenshots of the same tweet.

It's a common logic error called a false dichotomy. People do it all the time, and it makes it very difficult to converse with them at all, because they're unable to comprehend that being for or against one thing does not make you against or for some other thing they see as its opposite.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (19 children)

Given the majority of the US voted for Trump, yeah you kind of do. Maga's continue to blame all their problems on Democrats. So if you criticize Democrats, who have no power in the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and Presidency, people are going to assume you are MAGA

[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Given the majority of the US voted for Trump,

Doubt. Without checking I would guess the majority didn't vote at all.

[–] neatchee@piefed.social 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When did the majority start voting at all?

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[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago

100% agree.

Also, fuck the GOP.

That one's on the house.

[–] mastertigurius@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] wpb@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (19 children)

No no, we must support the lesser evil and in doing so forget that they are evil. The genocide in Gaza started on January 20th, 2025, and would've never started if Harris had won.

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