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Voltaire | "IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO CONTROLS YOU; LOOK AT WHO YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CRITICIZE"
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4,055 views 88 upvotes Made by ToneDef 2 years ago in politics
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10 ups, 2y,
1 reply
Stop being anti semitic
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5 ups, 2y,
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Do you know what's funny about that? The person who actually DID say this quote WAS openly anti-Semitic.
3 ups, 2y,
1 reply
What's funny about that is lost to a liberal trollbot.
4 ups, 2y
Good One - Meme Upvoted!
2 ups, 2y,
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I would like to point out that just because someone was a horrible person, doesn't mean that they never had one or two good points... And agreeing one aspect of their beliefs, does not equal agreeing with all of them. The guy this quote was from was a white nationalist and a neo-nazi, but, when stripped away from that, the quote still rings true.
3 ups, 2y,
2 replies
When you're defending the positions of neo nazis, I think it's time that you look inward.
4 ups, 2y
Bad people can still make good points. I'm not defending any of his other ideas, whatsoever.
4 ups, 2y
Nor am I even applying the quote the way it might have been intended. My first thought was corrupt government.
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5 ups, 2y,
3 replies
Good thing I don’t live that way.
6 ups, 2y,
1 reply
Your meme template title says "I AM POLITICALLY INCORRECT", but all of the other text is comments that are considered politically correct. You may want to update your meme template, so the title reads "I AM POLITICALLY CORRECT".
6 ups, 2y,
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You're allowed to criticize America. I dare you say any of that in the USSR or China or North Korea. You'll live with your opinions here. They might be stupid and people with sense might strongly disagree with them, and might try to convince you otherwise, but you aren't in danger and are able to freely comment this online without the fear of the FBI or anyone watching you. In the USSR, the KGB legit listened in on people's conversations inside their own homes. In China under Mao, people's whole families were persecuted if someone was suspected to be rightist.

Though I will say that the left's response to the right is very similar to how Hitler riled up anti-Semitism: convincing the public that they're the crazy evil enemy.
5 ups, 2y,
2 replies
and yet we’re not trying to kill off the left like the left historically has tried to kill off the right (like the USSR, China, North Korea, Vietnam, Venezuela, Cuba, etc.) Sure we don’t think much of the left’s intentions (but that’s also because there’s a rising interest in communism in America, which IS an government organization which takes away rights and kills people’s children just because they’re religious). And there is a rising number of leftists who despise the country now and think it’s time to “end the American experiment” (heard this once from a BLM rioter). There is a rising number of left-wingers who think America is evil and it should be stopped and replaced with socialism. That’s not purely Fox talk. All you have to do to see that is to simply watch lots of political social media. See what the youth is being taught in schools these days and want to put out in the public. It’s disgusting.

Idk much of what Fox says because I’m not really into radicalism but i am aware of CNN’s lies because I prepare to argue with the stereotypes the left gets from their own version of what they think Fox is.
Also Rs wanting children safe is why we don’t support abortion, which the Dems openly support and call a “human right”.
0 ups, 2y
0 ups, 2y,
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Well, we're not going to agree in the slightest on the abortion thing so lets just set that aside for the sake of this comment thread.

History is also littered with fascists and conservative movements laying waste to more moderate and progressive factions of their own countries... one can just look to ISIS, the Taliban, Iran, Hamas, Pakistan and even the Philippines today to see it all going down. Religious fundamentalism, fascism, totalitarianism, and beyond are just as much a thread to modern society as fundamentalism on the left.

Who is talking about communism? The number of people talking about communism or socialism in the US is under 1% - literally - as they have never broken that threshold and don't hold any political power (at all). They are not a voting block or an influence over the D's in any way. There are MANY MANY more wacko 'Christian Fundamentalists' in power, holding office, trying to force their way of life upon larger groups of citizens across this country than 'radical lefties'... it's just a fact... and most of the people being pushed as 'radical left' by the R's aren't even that. Their policy proposals are just not neo-liberal. thats it.

The FBI even put out a threat assessment about the far right extremist groups - TWICE - now. The nerds in Antifa playing cosplay politics are not a real threat are they? Compare them to the Oath Keepers? Who is the real threat?
2 ups, 2y
I don't speak for Islamic governments but I consider them to be not much better than communist governments, and I definitely wouldn't call them "conservative" but I would call them "fascist". Also American conservatives have been mostly Christian so the threat of anything like that happening here is very low to pretty much nil. Also if ISIS really is conservative, why did they think of America's government as Satanic during the 911 attack? The Talisman taking over was because Joe Tzu here in our country decided to pull troops out with no conditions all while leaving expensive equipment behind and announcing he wouldn't interfere if they misbehaved.

Also you mentioned predominantly Muslim governments when talking about "oppressive conservative governments" which is odd because all I hear from the American left is how Muslims are a mistreated minority and should be protected at all costs. And believe me, I know A LOT about oppressive Islamic governments (more than I'm willing to put on the internet for the safety of ppl).

Bruh, the second highest candidate for the Democratic Party in both '16 and '20 is an open socialist who has Marxist beliefs. And Hillary beat him by outright luck in '16. This is a much bigger problem than you might realize, but schools are also teaching socialist-friendly curriculum, and students have literally been told "enough with the commie-bashing, I'm going to teach a softer side of communism" simply for showing the good (not that there's much) and bad of the system. Imagine people doing that with Hitler. It'd be insane. It's the same with communism.

You are aware 64% of the country claims to be Christian, so you're not exactly in the majority like you might think. And once upon a time, D vs R meant "liberal vs conservative", now because D means far-left, many progressive liberals are now voting R, and now we have "leftists vs liberals and conservatives" (though the Ds would gladly trick liberals into thinking conservatives are the ultimate enemy so some liberals don't realize they're not represented by the D party anymore). Especially since the Ds no longer support free speech and many are anti-America.

The FBI has become BS lately. Idk how long but even they're biased now. And you talk about the Oath Keepers so much but they're not the majority, isn't that what you used to defend the far-left? (Though it isn't true with them because they've taken over education and created a generation of non-critical thinkers).
4 ups, 2y
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4 ups, 2y,
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Name the book and page where Voltaire said this.
3 ups, 2y,
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They don’t use Google, or Bing, or most search engines. Too many biased views. They rather their content be cherry-picked or whitewashed.
6 ups, 2y
Just because someone is evil doesn't mean they're never right about something. Hitler once said "If you tell a lie loud enough many times, people will eventually believe it." People keep proving him right over and over these days. Does him saying something truthful make him not a piece of crap? Heck no.
5 ups, 2y,
1 reply
That's some twisted logic there.
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