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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Armand1@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

...I could have told you that ๐Ÿคท

Source: https://x.com/BriannaWu/status/1984574165643403370

Not my usual kind of source (Xitter), but I want any centrists out there who ask trans people to "just get along" / compromise with actual hate groups that want them eradicated to know that it doesn't work.

There is no such thing as a reasonable bigot, by definition.

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[-] grue@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You don't move the Overton window in the direction you want by preemptively moderating yourself. You move it by taking a more extreme position perhaps even than you actually want, in order to normalize it.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 12 points 6 months ago

Make the middle ground billionaires are humanely executed.

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