If I ignore/block them, it allows them to continue unchallenged. I hate getting into it with them, since they are a baseline idiot.

I guess that’s it. I saw a person with a 6 month account spouting garbage, was gonna block but thought perhaps that wasn’t morally responsible. Wondering what the options were.

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      Nah, this isn’t about me. I prefer to stay private about stuff like that. Thanks for trying, tho!

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        Well that’s absolutely fair but people who support trump, support fascist dictators. So there’s your answer! I’ve seen some people on here who support trump, so they are supporting his fascist and dictatorial policies. That should clear things up for you!

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          That’s a lazy guilt-by-association fallacy. Supporting a politician doesn’t mean endorsing every extreme label slapped on them. If Trump were a fascist dictator, he wouldn’t have lost an election, left office, or faced multiple legal challenges from independent courts.

          Fascism also requires suppression of free speech, yet his critics dominate every major media and social platform including this one, Lemmy.

          Just because you dislike someone doesn’t make them a fascist. That’s emotion, not logic.

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            No its not.

            It’s not endorsing him based on labels its his fascist dictatorial actions that make him a fascist dictator.

            You’re right about Suppression of free speech, that’s why he wanting to deport people who criticism him glad we agree he is against free speech.

            I’m not calling him a fascist because I disagree or dislike him I am calling him one because he is. It’s logical. Fawning over and defending him is emotional, and lacking logic.

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              Wanting something and doing it are not the same. Trump did not deport anyone for criticizing him, and the First Amendment is still fully in place.

              If he were truly a fascist dictator, he would have dissolved Congress, taken control of the courts, and jailed opposition leaders. Which never happened.

              Labeling someone a fascist just because you interpret their rhetoric in the worst possible light is not logic, it’s bias disguised as argument.

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                Except for banning AP at press events disputes a judge ruling they are allowed to be there? Funny 1st amendment being upheld. Or using cops to force their way through protestors for an photo op? Free speech wasn’t upheld there.

                If he were truly a fascist dictator, he would have dissolved Congress, taken control of the courts, and jailed opposition leaders. Which never happened.

                All false none of that needs to happen for him to be a dictator, when all the gop cronies are aligned with him.

                Labeling someone a fascist just because you interpret their rhetoric in the worst possible light is not logic, it’s bias disguised as argument.

                How do you interpret that you won’t need to vote again? Or the home grows are next, or ignoring the judiciary as anything worse than the worst possible light? It’s only logical that these are the facts, and it’s not bias. Bias is ignoring, or defend these truths by plugging your ears.

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                  Your argument relies on selective incidents and misinterpretations, lacking the comprehensive evidence needed to label Trump a fascist dictator.

                  The claim that Trump used police to clear protesters for a photo op at St. John’s Church has been scrutinized. A U.S. watchdog found that the decision to clear the area was made to install fencing, not for the photo opportunity.

                  How do you interpret that you won’t need to vote again? ​ Please show me proof that we won’t be able to vote again.

                  Or the home grows are next,

                  Drugs suck. Including weed lol

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                    Your argument relies on selective incidents

                    Duh?

                    misinterpretations, lacking the comprehensive evidence needed to label Trump a fascist dictator.

                    Lol, no, making excuses for this shit heel requires super gold level mental gymnastics.

                    The claim that Trump used police to clear protesters for a photo op at St. John’s Church has been scrutinized. A U.S. watchdog found that the decision to clear the area was made to install fencing, not for the photo opportunity.

                    Sure thing. Why was he surrounded by guards for a clear photo op hahaha.

                    Please show me proof that we won’t be able to vote again

                    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vote-four-years/

                    He literally said it.

                    Drugs suck. Including weed lol

                    I don’t care for drugs, but he’s talking about deporting us citizens.

                    Cope as you like.