• whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    We can dunk on Elon Musk and Taylor Swift. Being a liberal and supporting gay rights doesn’t give you a free pass from criticism.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah, but why not min/max? You are dunking for a reason right? To improve things? Why go though all the work for a target that isn’t really worth it?

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        6 months ago

        Why go though all the work for a target that isn’t really worth it?

        Why hold values consistently, amirite guys?

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          6 months ago

          Why is that inconsistent? You know there is a difference between what you think in your head vs. what is posted online right?

          For example, if a billionaire were to be donating large amounts of money to leftist organizations. I wouldn’t go up to them and call them a horrible child slave labor capitalist pig. I can think that in my head of course. But it doesn’t help the cause to be antagonistic to people who are supporting it, even if their values are not aligned correctly.

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        6 months ago

        What, like me dunking on Taylor Swift is going to turn her into a raging conservative who hates gays? I mean, if that’s all it takes, it was going to happen anyway.

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          6 months ago

          You can dunk on Taylor Swift if you want, but you can’t say that you’re being an effective advocate for the left at the same time.

          In fact, I think this is exactly what I would hear from a conservative pretending to be a leftist. Targeting Taylor Swift is a smart idea. Directing rage at her instead of the bigger more problematic billionaires. Taking down a public supporter of LGBTQ+ people.

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              6 months ago

              Yes, billionaires are problematic Dumbasses. And there are a lot of them. Why are you so interested in dunking on TSwift specifically? Again, she’s probably one of the least problematic billionaires.