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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"So, you compare a country from what it came from, with all it’s imperfections. And those who demand instant perfection the day after the revolution, they go up and say “Are there civil liberties for the fascists? Are they gonna be allowed their newspapers and their radio programs, are they gonna be able to keep all their farms? The passion that some of our liberals feel, the day after the revolution, the passion and concern they feel for the fascists, the civil rights and civil liberties of those fascists who are dumping and destroying and murdering people before. Now the revolution has gotta be perfect, it’s gotta be flawless. Well that isn’t my criteria, my criteria is what happens to those people who couldn’t read? What happens to those babies that couldn’t eat, that died of hunger? And that’s why I support revolution. The revolution that feeds the children gets my support. "

  • Michael Parenti, 1986, “US Interventionism, the 3rd world, and the USSR,"

Yeah I just don't care about right-wingers and their precious civil rights. They're a fungus growing on the world from decaying capitalism. I have no sympathy for them whatsoever and don't regard them as valid political opponents. They're a death spiral menace to the world with nothing meaningful to contribute

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I get the feeling a large majority of the world's population are reactionary fascists by one standard or another to you.

Also, I'm not even necessarily against the idea of censoring Republicans, but KILLING them?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The majority of the world aren't people actively involved in organizing and maintaining fascist organizations, right? If that's the case I don't give a shit about them. Keep those types powerless and isolated, remove the material conditions that give rise to fascist tendencies in the first place.

Why not kill Republicans by the way? Bush Jr. killed a million Iraqis. Trump mediated a genocide against Yemen. Mitch McConnell is already a walking zombie. What is gained from keeping them alive? I'm not talking about killing Republican voters or someone who has a bumper sticker. That's too much work to bother with. I'm talking about Republicans directly managing American empire for the benefit of capital. The average right wing voter is just some loser who deserves re-education.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think Trump should be imprisoned, not KILLED. Why are you so lustful for blood and guts? Good lord

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

because I can consider what exactly one Yemeni mother with dead kids thinks about Trump.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

I don't think it's especially productive to kill people when imprisoning them is easy, as it would be with the resources in America, but I don't see why you are clutching your pearls this hard at a butcher of countless thousands being killed.