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Dottsterisk t1_j24adga wrote

Reply to comment by orangemaroon25 in What’s the difference between an American girl and an Iranian girl? by vartha

That’s a bold claim presented with no evidence or argument.

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orangemaroon25 t1_j24aihb wrote

That's because the claim I'm refuting wasn't presented with any evidence or argument either. There's no burden of proof on my statement here. So it's really not that bold of a claim.

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Dottsterisk t1_j24b046 wrote

Considering we just saw an attempted insurrection by a very popular American fascist and former president and we rolled back abortion rights, I don’t think discussion of the fragility of American democracy in the face of the religious right is too off-base.

But you’re clearly more interested in downvoting and dismissing than discussion, so have a good one and stay insulated.

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orangemaroon25 t1_j24bduo wrote

I don't think you know what fascism means, and we "rolled back" rights that never existed anyway according to our Constitution, not because of any religious anything, so I don't know why you're afraid of the "religious right".

I'm downvoting bad takes and dismissing illogical arguments, as is the purpose of the downvote button. I'm trying to have discussion but that requires the other person to make logically valid points too which isn't happening.

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Dottsterisk t1_j24c1c1 wrote

Trump is definitely a wannabe fascist and his authoritarian tendencies and constant scapegoating of minority populations while harkening back to a mythical time of American greatness and emphasizing might is right from the fascist playbook. You can blithely claim it ain’t so, but that doesn’t mean everyone else is going to forget what they’ve seen.

And if you think that the religious right has nothing to do with the battle over abortion rights in the US, then you simply have not been paying attention and should not be speaking on the matter.

So no, you’re just downvoting stuff you don’t want to hear.

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