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Beating Libs with their own dumb arguments lol (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml to c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml

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So I had a convo w a lib recently and they said that I am hypocritical to have jeans or enjoy American TV and movies or enjoy anything in American culture or American inventions if I dislike the way our country is run and the state of our culture and politics. So I gave a few examples of things they like that would make them “hypocritical” by that logic. I said that they shouldn’t be allowed to eat ice cream or play Skyrim (umm no dragons for you, those are Chinese and Korean by origin) no more satellites because the big bad Soviets sent Sputnik. I obviously let them know I don’t actually believe that and they should be allowed to wear and eat and play what they want without having to tiptoe on eggshells around nonexistent ideological barriers. But just out of curiosity, what would be other examples of cultural influences or inventions that Libs/conservatives would have to divest themselves of(if they followed this dumb logic they way that they expect us to)?

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[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

All modern technology, digital and medicinal. Almost all of it is made according to society principles, funded by public money for the public good. Then it gets patented and the public have to pay for it again if they want to use it.

Other things made with public money: roads, schools, parks, libraries.

If you're lib acquaintance is going to be so asinine, everything made by workers, considering these are the base of support for communism. If that's too far of a stretch, everything made by unionised labour.

I assume your lib acquaintance doesn't like slavery. So everything made with prison labour.

What about theft and coercion? That rules out everything made in the global south or, again, by workers.

There's very little that is not hypocritical to criticise (edit: wasn't finished) because surely even liberals are critical of where they live; they just don't have the same criticisms as us.

[–] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree with everything you said except them being my acquaintance lol. They’re a dimwit at work and we pretty much openly disagree and dislike each other. Politics aside they have a shit personality and I have plenty of issues w them but I guess you’ll just have to take my word for it

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'm happy to take your word for it 😁