• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I think it’s kinda cruel to the cows but

    I get so tired of the “yes, this appears to be a historical atrocity people have deliberately ignored, but mentioning it now is rude” framing.

    Slapping “we ruined her ability to interface normally with the bureaucracy as a punishment” on top is some reactionary bullshit I’d like to think the anti-Trump crowd would be above.

    But nope… fascism is just a reflex for people.

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      I feel like you may be conflating my understanding of her non-acceptance into the community with being ok with animal cruelty.

      I’m not and I don’t think the cows should wear the bells.

      I just think that as an outsider challenging deeply held cultural beliefs she shouldn’t have expected to be welcomed as a citizen of that community.

      It was an extremely unrealistic expectation to have.

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        I just think that as an outsider challenging deeply held cultural beliefs she shouldn’t have expected to be welcomed as a citizen

        Of course not. Keep people of different beliefs legally segregated and treat anyone in foreign soil as a second class human.

        Otherwise, you might be annoyed from time to time.

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          There is a middle ground and you’re deliberately not seeing it.

          If you demand change of others, you will be met with resentment.

          If you slowly convince others of change, you can build friends and allies and grow a movement

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            5 days ago

            There is a middle ground

            There’s no middle ground between citizenship and non-citizenship. And dangling threat of denied legal residency as a form of censorship is exactly the kind of fascist shit we’re seeing in Trump’s America.

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          You should consider how your extremely polarized views can blind you to relatively obvious truths.

          I can’t lay it out more simply than I have, if you still can’t see what I’m saying then the most respectful way possible: please go touch grass you’ve clearly had too much internet.