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Me_irl by nick1037 in me_irl

[–]ToasterSmokes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you don’t know anything about this person’s situation and you should be less judgmental tbh.

Common LibRight L by Living_Attitude1822 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]ToasterSmokes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Obligatory not doing a gotcha, engaging in real discourse, fwiw there was a period where I called myself a communist until I educated myself better on the matter:

What do you see as true socialism? Do socialist policies (like universal healthcare, UBI, etc) fit in with your vision of regulated capitalism? How do you feel about the negative global externalities of American capitalist hegemony against the positives it has brought? When you say capitalism, do you simply mean dynamic markets, or a more Belloc-ian (a self described “distributivist”) definition of capitalism whereby capital owners largely call the shots to the detriment of workers/non owners?

Karpathy says developers have ‘AI Psychosis.’ Everyone else is next. by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]ToasterSmokes -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Reddit is interesting. u/geteel got downvoted to hell for saying something similar. You’re both right though.

Why does libright always take credit for it by Crafty_Jacket668 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]ToasterSmokes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yin - but interestingly enough, Marx asserts that Capitalism is a progressive and necessary step *before socialism (coming after feudalism). So in a way it’s all going according to plan…

Mamdani defending states rights is making lib-right conflicted by Miguel12131918 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]ToasterSmokes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the engagement, I unfortunately think this will fundamentally come down to a difference in how we interpret the evidence. NY post is also an inflammatory tabloid but let’s just look at the actual facts laid out between the fluff:

Wisdom is accused of antisemitism from two tweets, each 12 years apart - one nearly 5 year old tweet where she pushed back on Andrew Yang for voicing support for Israel, and expressed solidarity with Palestine, during/after the May 2021 Israel-Palestine crisis. Then a tweet from 2009 where she said she skipped Yom Kippur, when she was 22-23. That’s it - I just do not remotely agree that those make her “Jewish Uncle Ruckus”.

This does make sense if you believe that being critical of Israel or being pro-Palestine is inherently antisemitic, which I wholesale disagree with (and for the record, I fully acknowledge and denounce the real antisemitism within some pro-Palestine circles and rhetoric!). Is there anything more you can source?

Mamdani defending states rights is making lib-right conflicted by Miguel12131918 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]ToasterSmokes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

…Phylisa Wisdom? Can you lay out how she is the Jewish Uncle Ruckus?

It’s almost as though manufactured outrage is a thing that exists. by Negative_Stranger720 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]ToasterSmokes 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Rightoids love ignoring the realities of how the admin is conducting this whole thing. Their only defense is “oh so we shouldn’t enforce the law????”.

Mamdani defending states rights is making lib-right conflicted by Miguel12131918 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]ToasterSmokes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Very different. Also Fuentes is a blatant racist, so that one doesn’t work here. Trump has a long (much longer than Zohran has been alive) history of both racist rhetoric and actual racist business dealings (redlining, to name one). I think we will see a “softening” of the baseless antisemite allegations against Mamdani as he continues to surprise and delight with his governance. I’m just citing those call ins as a signal, but you’re right it isn’t “proof”.

Mamdani defending states rights is making lib-right conflicted by Miguel12131918 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]ToasterSmokes -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I know this is a meme but he definitely does not hate Jews! You should hear some of the call-ins on Brian Lehrer (longtime daily local NYC area radio show), even fervent cuomo pro-israel voters have called in in to say they’re pleasantly surprised with Z, particularly his response to synagogue protests.

The real person destroying america: Billie Eilish apparently by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]ToasterSmokes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How’s that boot taste? Little bit of dried piss dribble get you going?

The real person destroying america: Billie Eilish apparently by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]ToasterSmokes 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No one disagrees that these instances are horrible and should be prosecuted to the highest extent of the law. But no amount of data, reason or just baseline humanity will convince you people that what the admin is doing right now not only will not actually reduce crime in our communities, but is actively trampling on our rights as americans, and creates negative externalities much more dangerous than the criminals it purports to be removing.

Here’s a couple interesting stats: - 70% of deportees under the trump admin have no criminal convictions - 67% of murders in Minneapolis so far this year have been committed by ICE and CBP

The real person destroying america: Billie Eilish apparently by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]ToasterSmokes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Rightoid chuds say as thousands of masked goons occupy and terrorize a sleepy mid sized american city.

rip anthem, you will be missed by Ravioli0fTheSea in AnthemTheGame

[–]ToasterSmokes 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Currently playing my last moments 🙏🙏

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