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[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Stare blankly at whoever asked for 6 seconds before throwing hands.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think it's a hot take, but I wouldn't call "raping children" as "loving them too much". Also Trump loves Israel.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 7 hours ago

Horseshoe theory is strong here; both ends of the scale are "Fuck them kids"

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 118 points 2 days ago (3 children)

A pedophile, a racist and a nazi enters a bar.

The barman says: "Hello mr. trump, the usual?

[–] Tja@programming.dev 59 points 1 day ago (1 children)

More like "hello Mr Trump, you still haven't paid your tab"

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

and the barman will serve anyway because trump is immune to consequences.

good one! 😂

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

you're double-dipping with racist/nazi

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would say that not necessarily every racist is a Nazi, but definitely ever Nazi is a racist.

Since I know that I will probably get a lot of comments arguing why every racist is a Nazi, here's my thoughts about this:

A lot of racism gets burned into peoples brains from quite a lot of actors. This causes people to often subconsciously be racist without them realising. An example would be people who are getting afraid simply when seeing a group of foreign people at night in the streets. They have the expectation, that they will get robbed because they set criminals and foreign people the same. These people often say, that they dont really mind all foreign people as long as they are well integrated.

A Nazi on the other hand usually doesn't care if someone is well integrated. He doesn't care if he was born here, if he speaks the country's langauge, if he has the same ideology as himself. He sees someone that looks different, speaks different etc and the only thing he wants to do is deport him, kill him etc. The Nazis main concern isn't the reduction of crime, but the complete erasure of everything he labels as "foreign" or "not naturally occuring" in his country.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Logically, if A ⇒ B, then I think it still counts as "double dipping" to claim both A and B separately, if even B without A is possible.

That do be true tho.

[–] Heyting@lemmy.ml 90 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Israel should be in superposition on both ends because they love to kill children but also are a safe haven for pedophiles.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The chart is actually a circle with the two ends connected

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 hours ago

Show me the real horseshoe theory.jpeg

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Ouroboros is that you?

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago

Fascists have a long history of sexualizing the subjects of their persecution, it's all part of domination over other humans to feel superior. Once the group you hate has been dehumanized, you can treat them as property or worse.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Was there an article that came out about them being a safe haven for pedophiles? Cuz the US has a shit ton of pedophiles, one of them is our president.

[–] Heyting@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There’s tons if you search in any engine. But here’s a link for you:

https://www.humanium.org/en/exposing-pedophilia-and-legal-failures-in-israel/

Accused jewish sex offenders can flee to Israel to avoid prosecution.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

It's just like Catholic priests.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Horseshoe theory strikes again!

[–] psoul@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Fuck, Mary, Kill: Children edition

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

When "Fuck them kids" is an either/or.

It's fuck them or hate fuck them

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I remember growing up and learning about how horrible the past was to children, with everything from forced marriages to older men, to having to work in literal coal mines and industrial machines. How there was a serious phrase "Children are to be seen, not heard" as advice for parents to keep their kids silent. To say nothing of how literally beating your children just as daily ritual was considered normal for centuries.

I thought "Wow, thank God I am growing up in a civilized era that respects children as human beings."

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

On the plus side, lots of us are raising our kids right. I learned a lot from my childhood, and then had like a 14-year gap between kids to learn even more. My youngest will be a good man who does the goddamn dishes.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago

It's still horrible, really. There's a lot of work to do

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

I think we need to remember that child mortality was wayyyyyyy higher back then. In particularly in underdeveloped areas like Europe, where medicine and hygiene were centuries behind many other regions in the world. So generally about half of children would die before reaching adulthood. Especially in Europe that was still the case in the 18th century.

https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-in-the-past

So there was a feedback loop, where the love "invested" into children had to be rationed, because their premature death was likely and they also needed to be "tough" if they wanted to survive.

Because many children would die anyways, it was easier for the affluent parts of society to abuse them as expendable by normalizing sending them to coal mines or to be eaten by the machines. Also the lack of contraception would ensure a steady "surplus" of children, further fueling the idea that they are expendable, whereas them being "expendable" limited the supply of adults, which is why adult life was given the higher importance.

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Holy shit! Lmao

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 2 days ago

I get to see him live later this year! So glad he's back doing tours again.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Hmm... I don't like kids. I don't want to have any and I really don't like being around them. However, I don't think people should murder them. What's that, a 2?

[–] rosco385@lemmy.wtf 6 points 1 day ago

🎵Drones to the left of me, Missiles to the right, Here I am, Stuck in the middle with Trump.🎶

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

-1 if you stopped having children, there'd be no children to diddle

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, to be fair, I think "have no children" is less radical than "hit children with missiles," so... I'd put that at maybe 1 or 2.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Net change of children in the world 0 vs net change -50,000. If anything I'd put "neutral" to children as a 5.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

I must shamefully admit that I was a child once too.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Good ole z-axis to the rescue!

[–] harmsy@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure it's more of a not-z axis.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think the why axis is better.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

That also works rather well.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What would that represent? How much you love/hate kids over time?

[–] don@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

No, that would be the y-axis. The z-axis moves off the 2D plane from the center of the line as if it’s moving toward the “camera lens” that took the photo.

[–] Tacitus@masto.bike 2 points 1 day ago

@Washedupcynic heu... 5, ça a l'air pas trop mal 5

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 7 points 2 days ago
[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

2025 wrapped.

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is assuming Trump and co. do wholesome things with children

[–] Tja@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago

Not really, they just like children.