The Puerto Rico joke certainly seems unwarranted, don't know where that came from. But do you really want to suggest the left is a bunch of innocent angels who didn't spend about a decade by now calling Trump supporters "deplorables", uneducated, racists, fascists, nazis, homophobes, bigots, "domestic terrorists", "a clear and present danger to our democracy", etc.?
As said, both sides are guilty of reducing all conversations to insult-shit throwing. Both sides call the other side fascist, and the current split and radicalization clearly came from the fact both sides' politicians and news medias actively encourage this behavior.
But that said, at least from my POV the left at least is much more willing to criticize their leaders whereas the right's entire identity is that their god emperor Trump can do no wrong. Not to mention the right's more "USA first" jingoism clearly breeds a lot more of bully attitude be it the fearmongering against minorities which is the whole heart of Trump's platform, and after January 6, I think calling Trumpism a "threat to democracy" is very much warranted.
Should point out, the historian who literally wrote the book for which the definition of fascism is defined today is based on has called the MAGA movement a fascist movement. He though also admitted using such terms today serve no value for a lay person, since it has been watered down so badly as an insult. From a purely scholarly perspective though that is what it is and it is what historians will be calling it.
azurelorochi said: But that said, at least from my POV the left at least is much more willing to criticize their leaders whereas the right's entire identity is that their god emperor Trump can do no wrong.
Well I've seen plenty of right wingers who have disregarded Trump since that "operation warp speed" that he was so proud off, for not just failing to "clean up the swamp" but to hire lots of "swamp creatures" for his administration, and the ones who really are very strongly against minorities dislike Trump for being very pro-jewish and being okay with non-white mass immigration so long as it is legal. I'm personally rather right wing, as you may have surmised, and I consider him a filthy centrist. As for the left being more willing to criticize their leaders, said left spent years pretending Biden wasn't obviously senile. There's clearly also a willingness to NOT criticize.
GreyOmega said: Should point out, the historian who literally wrote the book for which the definition of fascism is defined today
But why should HIS definition be the right one, and not Mussolini's? Benito was the one who actually invented that system and coined the term, so why should this unnamed historian be considered to have more rightful ownership of it? You wouldn't let me define what Communism is and just disregard Marx, would you?
But why should HIS definition be the right one, and not Mussolini's? Benito was the one who actually invented that system and coined the term, so why should this unnamed historian be considered to have more rightful ownership of it? You wouldn't let me define what Communism is and just disregard Marx, would you?
The "nameless" historian is Robert Paxton. Doesn't matter who named the system, it's only after the fact that people look at the elements that led to the movements creation and rise. Compare what they claim ideologically versus what they actually do ideologically and write down the actual core traits of such movements.
Marx may have generated the ideology for Communism, but that doesn't mean he defined how a Communist movement actually operates in real life.
GreyOmega said: Compare what they claim ideologically versus what they actually do ideologically and write down the actual core traits of such movements.
Anyone can do that and so you can get a million definitions of any political system, as many as there are opinions about that system. Using the original term for the original idea leaves you with only ONE definition, instead of both the theoretical definitions and a million "practical" definitions. If you then want to describe ANOTHER system claiming to be one thing but not fitting the definition, then you should use ANOTHER word for that other thing. It leaves a lot less room for confusion, arguments about semantics, arguments about what really characterized one government or another, and appeals to authority. AND it won't leave room for watering down the terms. God I wish for people to stop vandalizing language.
I love that you can't tell if Orin is stunned by this being a great idea, by the fact that Yamame thinks this is how it works, or just by the mental image.
you think after three times, sensei will finally understood what animal-themed cafes in kivotos means.
I wonder if Jazz will include a reason for why he doesn’t learn his lesson. Maybe someone keeps pulling him out in time or maybe what happens inside is so traumatic he just blocks it out.
Foxes I guess? There's also a potential for reptile vivarium, though it implies that the reptiles won't try to interact with you, which I'm afraid can't be assured.
And since Winter is coming, the foxes are going in heat for mating season... I wouldn't be surprised if Sensei dies from Snu-snu
you think after three times, sensei will finally understood what animal-themed cafes in kivotos means. Following this route, either gonna be maid cafe or fox cafe
