• AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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    17 hours ago

    “It is rude of me to say all of this, because we live in a culture where manners are often valued more than truth.” This is a really good quote actually

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      4 hours ago

      Except that it’s not entirely accurate. The right in particular only believes in manners on the left. They are perfectly comfortable saying truly vile shit, then feigning moral outrage if they get a tenth of the same energy back. The Alt-Right Playbook sums it up neatly: “You Go High, We Go Low.”