▲ 860 ▼ rule (lemmy.sdf.org) submitted 2 years ago by lars@lemmy.sdf.org to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone 179 comments fedilink hide all child comments according to @Custoslibera’s post
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) "Black Lives Matter Too" Only someone operating in bad faith would claim this isn't what "Black Lives Matter" means. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jzzvid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago That's the entire Right. You cannot win them on the grounds of good-faith, truthfulness, or humanity because their politics is solely about power. Conservative politics are the politics of abusers—litterally everything they wish to "conserve" within society includimg "tradition" is their freedom and ability to abuse. That's it: Family values is not about creating healthy families, it is about patriarchy and the right of the parents to abuse their children. Defending the sanctity of marriage is about defining LGBTQ people out of legal rights and entitlements. School choice is about controlling what ideas not just their children are exposed to but their neighbors as well. Etc. Etc. Every conservative position is a bad faith push to further their ability to control the lives others and their ideas deserve neither respect nor a platform. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jzzvid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago That's the entire Right. You cannot win them on the grounds of good-faith, truthfulness, or humanity because their politics is solely about power. Conservative politics are the politics of abusers—litterally everything they wish to "conserve" within society includimg "tradition" is their freedom and ability to abuse. That's it: Family values is not about creating healthy families, it is about patriarchy and the right of the parents to abuse their children. Defending the sanctity of marriage is about defining LGBTQ people out of legal rights and entitlements. School choice is about controlling what ideas not just their children are exposed to but their neighbors as well. Etc. Etc. Every conservative position is a bad faith push to further their ability to control the lives others and their ideas deserve neither respect nor a platform. permalink fedilink source parent