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> Lots of people voted for trump aren’t radical actually none that i know are.

The same can be said for the supporters of many radical and terrible historical regimes. I'm not radical, I'm simply pushing this radical boulder along, and I can stop it whenever I wan tooo-oops."






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> stereotype [...] innuendo [...] slippery slope

No need for histrionics, it's simple: Someone doesn't need to actively desire a terrible outcome to be morally culpable of making bad choices, ones they should-have-known would enable or encourage it to happen. Multiple such people can and do form groups.

It's not limited to politics either, which is how we get idioms like "playing with fire."


Notably, people will also be nearly universally angry at anyone who points out the inevitable consequences of their actions in cases like this. Especially if they know you’re right.

Near as I can tell, the biggest failure of the left (and one that keeps getting repeated) is thinking words/knowledge matter in situations like this.


> morally culpable

Whose morals? What morals?


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> you want to stereotype [...] innuendo [...] slippery slope [...] you're pre-convincing [...] thought crimes

You're the one who's been making all the personal condemnations of evil intent, stop with the psychological projection.


OK. Why did you dismiss the claim above that "some but not all" aren't radical?



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