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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -4 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

fairly obvious who the more fascist candidate is here

more fascist

:-/

Lesser of two fascists

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone who isn't fascist at all is less fascist than a fascist. This isn't the gotcha you desperately want it to be.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone who isn’t fascist at all

Failed to win either major party's nomination.

This isn’t the gotcha you desperately want it to be.

This isn't a game of "gotcha", its acknowledgement of US foreign and domestic policies. The current obsession with rounding up migrants, arming and invading sovereign nations and massacring their inhabitants, and suppressing internal dissent via police raids and congressionally-backed intimidation of college administrations is championed by both heads of the major parties.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Failed to win either major party’s nomination.

You failed to win the nomination, so by your logic you're a fascist. I can't make sense of this.

And I thought we were talking about the two people who did win the nomination of their major party.

This isn’t a game of “gotcha"

You were clearly trying to pretend you caught them admitting Harris is a fascist. You can't play gotcha and then claim you aren't playing gotcha.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You failed to win the nomination, so by your logic you’re a fascist.

???

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago

Agree your logic is questionable, at best.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Hey, did you know that 100% fascist is more fascist than 0% fascist?

Please stop twisting words just to be annoying.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Please stop twisting words

Please stop bombing civilians.

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 6 points 4 weeks ago

You think u/vorticity owns/operates warplanes and munitions?

You're surprisingly dense.

[–] sorval_the_eeter@lemmy.world -1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Identifying which of the two war criminal fascist candidates for president is the better one to vote for is a good skill we should all learn because it will keep coming up in all future elections, as long as that US funded AIPAC money train keeps running on time, funding both parties.