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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Nov 2015

    Failure of progressives to criticise repressive ideas leaves right-wing nutters as the only ones decrying them for all the wrong reasons.

    4:22 AM - 15 Nov 2015
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      2. Conand‏ @TheTortorian 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral What are these wrong reasons?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @TheTortorian

        @TheTortorian Xenophobia, racism, political opportunism… y’know, the usual suspects ;)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Conand‏ @TheTortorian 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral You're being opportunistic.

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @TheTortorian

        @TheTortorian Yeah, this is going to do wonders for my political career ;P

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Conand‏ @TheTortorian 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral What a cop out.

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      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @TheTortorian

        @TheTortorian Ok, you seem upset. I’m going to leave this here. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday :)

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      8. Conand‏ @TheTortorian 15 Nov 2015
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        @aral OK, just don't dissuade people from criticising repression.

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      2. Meredith L. Patterson‏Verified account @maradydd 15 Nov 2015
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        @aral I do my best to talk with them and give them better reasons. Sometimes it works.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @maradydd

        @maradydd It’s all we can do :) Important thing is to realise that this is a failure in our community and to try and address it.

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      1. dried peanuts‏ @DriedPeanuts 15 Nov 2015
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        @aral @paristuzun that ship has sailed mate-long since

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      2. (((Richard Drake)))‏ @rdrake98 15 Nov 2015
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        Not the only ones. @NickCohen4 has good track record on left. I rejected socialism around age 10 but deny the nutter label :) @aral @myabc

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      3. (((Richard Drake)))‏ @rdrake98 15 Nov 2015
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        That wasn't a flippant reply. We need a deep reformation of European politics imo. Rebuilding long lost foundations @NickCohen4 @aral @myabc

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      1. steven isle‏ @damnthatcursor 15 Nov 2015
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        @aral Postmodernism, because it thinks all cultures have equal validity, cannot condemn FGM, homophobia, misogyny and even terrorism.

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