Oh yeah bigotry of all kinds is everywhere but ableism in particular is openly defended all over the political map A lot of people have very strong feelings about what responsibilities we expect from people as a society and then get super pissy when people "make excuses" over ithttps://twitter.com/johnnylemuria/status/1220377087992909824 …
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It was specifically the point at which every real life leftist revolution decided that because they needed to win a war they needed to become an army that they *stopped being leftist* "The individual must be sacrificed for the greater good" is the seed of ALL RIGHT WING VALUES
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His whole thing was defending the movie 300, saying that even though the movie was bad and racist if you don't have the core values the movie tries to teach of steadfastness and shared sacrifice And I said fine, let's ignore the racism The traitor Ephialtes is still my hero
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Ephialtes did nothing wrong and if I existed in the world of the movie I would be him Sacrifice yourself for whatever values you want but if your values demand *I* be sacrificed I will gladly snitch on you to the feds and watch your movement burn
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This is how I feel about the science fiction classic The Cold Equations The moment the cold equations said the girl needed to be thrown out the airlock she should've grabbed the controls and taken the whole ship down with her She should've aimed for the whole colony on the way
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I rooted for the kids at the end of Cabin on the Woods, sitting on their asses and smoking pot as the world collapses and the human race is destroyed The correct ending of Life is Strange is saving Chloe and letting the storm flood the town and kill everyone
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People who get off on trolley problems and on narratives of sacrifice have no understanding of what it's like to always be in the category that automatically gets sacrificed To *constantly* be asked to think of a greater good that *never* includes you
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Looking at Republicans discipline, honour, and sacrifice seem to be the opposite of their values.
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Smearing Aimee Terese is pretty despicable. Why should she be sacrificed in order to save the things you believe in?
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Well it worked in Vietnam and Cuba.
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