There’s a clear campaign against the mentally ill with the global rise of fascism. Lots of it shows up in anti homeless rhetoric, but you can see it in the MAHA and anti vaccination movements.

There’s no reason to use the word “r-tarded” to describe someone. As someone who’s worked with the intellectually challenged, it’s an insult to them to compare them with people who are willfully ignorant.

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    “tankie” is an attack of your political beliefs. And I’m not attacking you for “standing up” (lmao, talk about irony), that’s your reading comprehension.

    I have a mental disorder myself, I don’t remember asking for random keyboard gobblins to “stand up” (I really hope I don’t need to explain the irony of you using “standing up” here) for me.

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      Thank you for calling me out on that, I apologize and will try to avoid such language in the future.

      In the span of one conversation, you’ve gone from defending the use of slurs to correcting my language - why, there may be hope for you yet, comrade.

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        Comrade is a slur where I’m from. We give out seeds for comrades, so they can become a nice field of 🌻

        Your language is as garbage as anyone’s, sit the fuck down and try not to pretend to be holy with your american-flavoured “leftism”

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          Why, if I didn’t know better, I’d say that your callout from before was opportunistic and made in bad faith so that you could keep defending your use of slurs. But no, surely that’s not true, is it, comrade?

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              Interesting how “comrade” is a slur where you come from, but “tankie” isn’t 🤔

              I never claimed to be “holy” or better than anyone. In fact, I’m quite imperfect, even when I try my best, I still mess up sometimes.

              That’s why I rely on my community of comrades - like you - to call me out and help me identify my shortcomings and call me out when I’m using exclusionary language.

              Genuinely, whatever your intentions were, I’m grateful for you calling me out and helping to push me left. “What force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one? But the union makes us strong!”

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                Why are you still masturbating here? This is some weird patting yourself on the back shit.

                Your shortcomings isn’t your language. It’s your fucked up worldview and your garbage beliefs.

                You’re focusing on the wrong thing, it’s the epitome of performative leftism to attempt to mask your rotten attraction for authoritarianism.

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                  Why are you still masturbating here? This is some weird patting yourself on the back shit.

                  To piss you off, mostly.