• hamid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Imagine thinking Russia has undue influence on the US but that the US doesn’t do this to every country in the world, including Russia. Remind me how Yeltzin got elected?

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      9 months ago

      What many of us imagine is that it’s bad when either nation does this.

      Yes, it is hypocritical for most US politicians to criticize Russia’s interference in US elections, but it’s not incorrect.

      It certainly isn’t wrongthink for those of us who have little influence on what alphabet agencies do to complain about it happening just because it’s happening elsewhere, too.

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                  9 months ago

                  Thank you for explaining what your point was, but it’s absolutely a non sequitur. My original point was about the validity of criticizing something because it’s happening by more than one bad actor. Not quibbling about whether an small part of my statement (“little influence”) is 100% correct or not. My point wasn’t about litigating whether or not the US is a democracy, so: it was a non sequitur.

                  That said, it’s clearly a waste of time to engage with you, because if you’re going to be bent out of shape for being “accused” of a non sequitur and then start calling me “a schlub that lives in a fascist empire”, then you don’t have the temperament to actually fight a fascist empire. Some of us do more than vote and complain online.

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      9 months ago

      Imagine banning people from your stonercringe community because they said you shouldn’t drive high

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        9 months ago

        Imagine being upset about it enough to follow me around? Cringe dude

        Imagine being you and taking memes seriously? Cringe dude