🚀 go-pugleaf

Zod wrote:

> On Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 10:12:54 PM UTC-3, Will Dockery wrote:
>> On Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 9:04:13 PM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > On Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 7:24:04 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>>
>> > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 8:38:04 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
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>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> The quote demonstrates your fascism.
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bring me the definition of fascism.
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sure, here you go, Ash:
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism[1][2] characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy ... fascism often manifests a belief in racial "purity" or a "master race", usually synthesized with some variant of racism or bigotry of a demonized other; the idea of "purity" has motivated fascist regimes to commit massacres, forced sterilizations, genocides, mass killings or
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > forced deportations against a perceived other...."
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nuking the Middle East has nothing to do with
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is something the original fascists might have endorsed,as in:
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "...the idea of "purity" has motivated fascist regimes to commit massacres, forced sterilizations, genocides, mass killings."
>> > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > > You're the proud fascist here, Pendragon.
>> > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > Fascism isn't necessarily about racial "purity," Will.
>> > > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > > It's a form of government wherein the good of the State takes precedence over the individual:
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>> > > > > > > > > > > "One of the most common and strongest criticisms of fascism is that it is a tyranny.[269] Fascism is deliberately and entirely non-democratic and anti-democratic..."
>> > > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Fascist_aesthetics
>> > > > > > > > > > That's right, Will. Fascism is not equal to democracy.
>> > > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > > Did you really need Wikipedia to tell you this?
>> > > > > > > > > Usenet is fundamentally democratic. Every fascist and/or idiot has their say.
>> > > > > > > > Which is why Usenet groups inevitable devolve into battlegrounds and habitats for trolls. Not because it is a democracy, but because too much leeway is given to the idiots.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > If a Usenet group is to work, there have to be rules within that group.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > And for rules to have any meaning, there has to be some means of enforcing them.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > Since most of us prefer posting in a "safe" environment, having productive, intelligent, and friendly discussions with our peers, etc., the adoption of a set of rules can be seen as both a necessity and as a benefit to the group as a whole. This is how a democracy should work.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > The rules should be malleable and subject to change as the membership changes, and or as the majority opinion sees fit.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > Democracy without enforced rules results in anarchy and chaos.
>> > > > > > > You can’t enforce rules here. You can make guidelines..
>> > > > > > True.
>> > > > > > > On the one hand, you can hope people think your guidelines
>> > > > > > > make enough sense to want to follow them to everyone’s benefit.
>> > > > > > In which case, the guidelines are enforced by the members.
>> > > > > > > On the other hand, you can defecate. See which hand fills first.
>> > > > > > That's a defeatist way of looking at things, Corey.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > If enough members were to join -- and to adopt the guidelines -- those who refuse to comply would quickly find themselves having been relegated to the role of fruit flies.
>> > > > > Bzzzzzzzz
>> > > > Oh, Corey, you've always been a fruit fly.
>> >
>> > > Back to gay laming again, Pendragon?
>> > >
>> > > "People who associate with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people may be called fruit flies (along with fruit
>> ^^^^^^^^^^
>> bats) regardless of their sex. Fruit fly can also refer to a gay man."
>> > >
>> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_(slang)#Fruit_fly
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> > No, Will. A fruit fly is just
>> See above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> Pendragon is a homophobic fascist....

He definitely shows signs of being that way.