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Old 11-21-2020, 03:41 PM
 
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I think we all need to be more careful when throwing around labels. A negative label (e.g., Socialism or Marxism) circumvents the necessity of thinking accurately, based on facts and evidence. Having no respect for the truth is an extremely acute psychological failing, leading to the conclusion that a person cannot be trusted.

Joe Biden is not a socialist. Black Lives Matter is not Marxist.
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Old 11-21-2020, 03:47 PM
 
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The communist/marxist rhetoric is nothing new:
https://civilrightshistory204.files....kk_ca_1934.jpg
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Old 11-21-2020, 03:54 PM
 
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The communist/marxist rhetoric is nothing new:
https://civilrightshistory204.files....kk_ca_1934.jpg
Yes. And it's just a lie, used to control people who are gullible enough to believe it.
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Old 11-21-2020, 04:02 PM
 
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Black Lives Matter is not Marxist.
Well, tell you what: read through their website and their views, goals and philosophies, and tell us exactly what YOU think they are in comparison with the definitions of socialism, communism, and Marxism.
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Old 11-21-2020, 04:08 PM
 
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Socialism and Marxism are NOT negative labels, only negative to the right wingers. Socialism and Marxism is the only path to true equality, we just have to let go of all we were taught to "need". Dissolving of the family/individualistic self serving and absorbing into the overall collective humanist movement.
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Old 11-21-2020, 04:19 PM
 
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Socialism and Marxism are NOT negative labels, only negative to the right wingers. Socialism and Marxism is the only path to true equality, we just have to let go of all we were taught to "need". Dissolving of the family/individualistic self serving and absorbing into the overall collective humanist movement.
We are Borg... resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.




And guess what??? Nazism was NOT a negative label to the Nazis. And if you ask a Mara Salvatrucha gang member, I'd assume Mara Salvatrucha is NOT a negative label. It's only a negative label to those whose lives are destroyed. Ask Stalin. He killed some-odd millions of people in the name of your precious Marxism.
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Old 11-21-2020, 04:23 PM
 
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I think we all need to be more careful when throwing around labels. A negative label (e.g., Socialism or Marxism) circumvents the necessity of thinking accurately, based on facts and evidence. Having no respect for the truth is an extremely acute psychological failing, leading to the conclusion that a person cannot be trusted.

Joe Biden is not a socialist. Black Lives Matter is not Marxist.
Isn't "not a socialist" and "not a Marxist" misleading and labeling? Yep.
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Old 11-21-2020, 04:30 PM
 
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Joe Biden isn’t a socialist. It’s debatable whether BLM is marxist.

Here are some more labels thrown around in contemporary political discourse that are similarly used by the intellectually lazy, and usually also without evidence or facts:

-Racist
-Fascist
-Sexist
-White supremacist
-Bigot
-Transphobe
-Islamophobe
-Deplorable
-Clinger
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Old 11-21-2020, 04:31 PM
 
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I think we all need to be more careful when throwing around labels. A negative label (e.g., Socialism or Marxism) circumvents the necessity of thinking accurately, based on facts and evidence. Having no respect for the truth is an extremely acute psychological failing, leading to the conclusion that a person cannot be trusted.

Joe Biden is not a socialist. Black Lives Matter is not Marxist.
Trump is not a racist.
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Old 11-21-2020, 05:49 PM
 
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Trump is not a racist.
What is your reasoning?
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