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DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

So, apparently you don’t care how many people suffer and die so you can claim a moral victory.

If that’s not the voice of privilege I don’t know what it.

And I don’t want to fight. I’d much rather find an acceptable compromise and be able to make gains afterwards [like Frederick Douglas did when he backed Lincoln over the Abolition candidate.]

If you feel the need to be a martyr, go ahead. Don’t drag other people down with you.

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MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
There is no final victory. Ever. Not even an imaginary moral victory.

There is only and has only ever been the fight.

It’s human nature.

Case in point: The tone of your comment above is combative and accusatory, rather than friendly or neutral. Why?

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- DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  If you want to fight, you have to be prepared to lose.
  
  Your words.
  
  You are the one with the idea that it has to be a fight.
  
  Like I said, it’s better to compromise and take small victories instead of push for a heroic resolution.
  
  And, unless you feel like answering the question I posed* before, don’t bother to answer.
  
  *I asked why we should do as Frederick Douglas did, supporting imperfect candidates who might be persuaded in the future, over ‘perfect’ candidates with no chance of winning?
  
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  - MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Let’s review:
    
    You don’t believe in fighting, you’d rather comprise
    
    The relationship of Douglass and Lincoln exemplifies this type of compromise
    
    AND yet…it all led to the Civil War. Which was necessary to stop the selling human beings for profit.
    
    So, yes, if you look at the relationship between the two political entities involved, a compromise was reached. But that compromise was worthless in preventing violence.
    
    Violence was always inevitable. It started with violence toward Africans - kidnapping and slavery. The only way to end it was more violence - a bloody, vicious civil war.
    
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    DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨40⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    More blither-blather.
    
    You’ve gone from saying “If you want to fight, you have to be prepared to lose,” tp saying “Violence was always inevitable.”
    
    I guess you can always win an argument if you get to change your terms from minute to minute.
    
    It was mildly amusing, but I’m done watching you chase your own tail.
    
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