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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 115 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hey it isn't nice to beat up people who only want to seriously hurt and maim you, your family and your friends.

[–] tinyvoltron@discuss.online 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Right? What happened to tolerance?

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

What happened to tolerance is quite clear, to the point that it has a name, it is called the paradox of tolerance.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance#%3A%7E%3Atext=The+paradox+of+tolerance+is%2Cthe+very+principle+of+tolerance

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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 54 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Just had to block someone that said wanting a democracy and not supporting a dictatorship was "Chasing perfection at the cost of the good".

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago

That's wild given a dictatorship has the whole issue of succession, even with a perfectly benevolent leader they gonna die one day.

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[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 57 points 2 days ago (5 children)

So much harder to manufacture consent without centralized gatekeepers

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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 68 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Well, bluesky isn't the fediverse, but the point stands.

[–] Gigliorananomicom@sh.itjust.works 44 points 3 days ago (12 children)

I'm ignorant af tbh 😅 Thanks for the clarification

[–] DerArzt@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago

I think Mastodon would be what you're looking for.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 days ago

Bluesy is a business, Mastodon is a community tool that runs on the ActivityPub (same as Lemmy which is what we are talkin on).

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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago

Whenever beating up fascists and their sympathizers is a question the answer is always yes >:3

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