AntiOutsideAktion [he/him]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.netEnglish · 23 days agoPutting my friend on blastimagemessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up154arrow-down1imagePutting my friend on blastAntiOutsideAktion [he/him]@hexbear.net to Slop.@hexbear.netEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square24linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareradio_free_asgarthr [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·23 days agoThis is like the evangelical dodge of “well, it was all part of God’s plan” applied to historical materialism “Bush was reacting to the material conditions and trends and forces in the US at the time. You can’t blame him as an individual”
minus-squareTommyBeans [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·23 days agoI doubt the argument would work in reverse. Especially with someone heavily vilified, like Stalin.
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·23 days agoYeah the comparison is why I included the second snippet
This is like the evangelical dodge of “well, it was all part of God’s plan” applied to historical materialism “Bush was reacting to the material conditions and trends and forces in the US at the time. You can’t blame him as an individual”
I doubt the argument would work in reverse. Especially with someone heavily vilified, like Stalin.
Yeah the comparison is why I included the second snippet