‘People are picking the dumbest fights’: the tortured history of America’s culture wars (www.theguardian.com)

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“The thing that the religious right did over and over and over again – they do it today; JD Vance is actually exceptionally good at this – is this idea that, ‘ You expressing your point of view oppresses me, you enjoying your civil rights oppresses me. Even though I’m the second most powerful man in the country, other people having their point of view is actually oppression against me.’ They were exceptionally good at that...”

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[-] solrize@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago

This is not anything new or US specific for heavens' sakes. Socrates was sentenced to death in ancient Greece for "corrupting the minds of youth", "failing to acknowledge the gods of the city", and "introducing new deities".

It never stops.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Fair point. Thank you.

[-] prole 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Socrates and his goons staged two separate anti-democratic coups

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