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[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, the classic "lOOk aT tHE TOlEraNt LEfT" argument.

Or is it maybe this one?
Image showing a stick figure saying they want to destroy a group of people, another saying they want to stop the first by any means, and a third claiming they're exactly the same.

Or maybe it's both. Ya know, because they're the same argument. This exact argument has taken so many forms in the past decade, and it's always founded on the same fallacy. It's a false equivalency.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the classic “lOOk aT tHE TOlEraNt LEfT” argument.

The person I was replying too didn't mention Left or Right and neither did I.

It’s a false equivalency.

Silencing your ideological opponents is ethically and morally inferior and I don't care what your supposed motivation is.

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The person I was replying too didn't mention Left or Right and neither did I.

Question: are you really this dense, or just acting in bad faith?

Silencing your ideological opponents is ethically and morally inferior and I don't care what your supposed motivation is.

"I want to eliminate all of insert racial or religious slur."

"That's bad."

"I want to stop that person from saying and doing that."

"That's exactly as bad.*