• Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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      1 month ago

      I think the article’s subject – hypocrisy over cruelty and violence – is a much bigger “problem with progressivism” than gatekeeping/purity tests. Let me ask you, is this a view you adopt because it makes it easier for you to avoid that cruelty and violence, or because it helps you excuse it?

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          Fair enough, but it could still be said that from a functional perspective, such a position serves more to rationalize abuse rather than motivate its avoidance. But I’m sure it’s a coincidence you’ve come here to post what could be seen as carnist apologia, when really you just mean to criticize the circle jerking.