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regnaD kciN

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5. Straw-man argument...

Reply to Tiggeroshii (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2017, 09:40 PM

Feb 2017

..because it automatically takes the consequences straight to genocide.

Does anyone "deserve" systematic extermination? No. But do actions have consequences? Most decidedly. Does any 15-year-old deserve to die young? No, but, if they get blindly drunk and "borrow" the family car to go joyriding, and wind up in a fatal accident, it's simply a case of the consequences following from their choices.

Personally, I wouldn't wish on Trump voters what I expect will be the eventual consequences for many of them, but they made their choice. If I feel bad for anyone, it will be for those who didn't vote for Trump, and will wind up suffering the same, or worse, consequences themselves.

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Just curious: if you voted for an evil policy, do you deserve the outcome even if it means execution [View all] Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 OP

Did "many Jews" vote for Hitler? MrPurple Feb 2017 #1

Yes. There was a well funded organzation for the sole purpose of getting Jewish support Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #2

I'd still be curious what percentage of German Jews actually voted for Hitler MrPurple Feb 2017 #10

The Final Solution didn't begin until 1941. Charles Bukowski Feb 2017 #3

Actually it was within a few months that preparations Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #4

Trump was pretty explicit Charles Bukowski Feb 2017 #8

It wasn't hard to read in between the lines, obviously Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #9

Kristallnacht was 1938 and it had been ramping up before then MrPurple Feb 2017 #6

Straw-man argument... regnaD kciN Feb 2017 #5

Yeah, the jumping right to execution made me uncomfortable. butdiduvote Feb 2017 #7

I apologize for the flawed logic. But your take on it was exactly what I was looking for. Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #21

In my opinion, yes. butdiduvote Feb 2017 #23

Thank you for pointing this out Takket Feb 2017 #11

Slippery slope really, but I'll take it. (jumping to conclusions) Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #22

wtf are toy talKing about ? people are objecting to seeing them as victims. nobody said to enact bad JI7 Feb 2017 #12

Exactly Bettie Feb 2017 #15

victimization of trump supporters. now they are comparable to jews under nazi germany JI7 Feb 2017 #13

What the fuck. ismnotwasm Feb 2017 #14

Now we are equating what happenned to Jews under Hitler to what might happen jmg257 Feb 2017 #16

Of course this is phrased as a bad analogy, but MrPurple Feb 2017 #18

That I get...they are planning to build more detention centers for border control. jmg257 Feb 2017 #20

Wow! hrmjustin Feb 2017 #17

I voted "absolutely not." BigDemVoter Feb 2017 #19