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Old 07-29-2022, 11:47 AM
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Default Re: Glenn Greenwald and other anti-anti-Trump "lefties" are right-wingers

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It took some time but I realized the “humanistic tradition of open debate and respect for free speech” is nothing more than white male middle/upper class privilege. The ability to be so unaffected by events that everything is just a discussion up for debate in the grand hall, where both sides shake hands in the end because even if one was promoting the extermination of people, it was all in light hearted debate with nothing more than a ‘gentleman’s wager’ at risk.
Exhibit, all the people who've turned up at :ff: for "formal debates" and "free speech (without being criticised in any way)".
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