> “Never believe that *[the fascists of your time]* are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The *[fascists of your time]* have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
―Jean-Paul Sartre
If they had it their way, we’d be the Divided States of America and then eventually the United Corporations of America.
They accuse other people of being divisive if they don’t fall in line with the party requirements.
Because the only virtue that they value is conformity.
Can the blue states keep their taxes then? It is known that red states pay less and want more.
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> “Never believe that *[the fascists of your time]* are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The *[fascists of your time]* have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”
―Jean-Paul Sartre
If they had it their way, we’d be the Divided States of America and then eventually the United Corporations of America.
They accuse other people of being divisive if they don’t fall in line with the party requirements.
Because the only virtue that they value is conformity.
Can the blue states keep their taxes then? It is known that red states pay less and want more.
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