• TootTootComingThru@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      *Noooo don’t call an actual real life monster and a fascist a no no word noooo that makes you just as bad as them nooooo! *

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        8 days ago

        so calling him any slur is okay, or just this one?

        i mean, fuck that guy, but that word has a heavy and hateful impact on some people. i just think it’s easier for people to ignore that one than to ignore several others, unfortunately.

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      8 days ago

      The reason good people don’t need rules is because they wouldn’t violate them even if they did. Using that to rationalize being a jerk is misapplying it.

      If you’re a “good man,” you wouldn’t be using the r-slur in the first place. The exact cognitive dissonance which allows fascists to be fascists is that they believe themselves to be good people and therefore don’t need rules. But instead of actually being good people, they use this as an excuse to be terrible to others.