So what form does the resistance take?

[wareyin]

Oh look, there's a 'centrist' whining about BLM protestors. Gosh oh golly, next thing you know these 'centrists' will be saying George Floyd wasn't killed by the police, but died of a fentanyl overdose. I just saw some right-wing trolls doing this exact thing on Reddit, so seeing George Floyd brought up again seems pretty topical for whatever talking points those groups are spreading.

 

[Emily's Cat]

Oh look, there's a 'centrist' whining about BLM protestors. Gosh oh golly, next thing you know these 'centrists' will be saying George Floyd wasn't killed by the police, but died of a fentanyl overdose. I just saw some right-wing trolls doing this exact thing on Reddit, so seeing George Floyd brought up again seems pretty topical for whatever talking points those groups are spreading.

Oh FFS. I have no problem with protesters, I do have a problem with rioters damaging the private property of other citizens, and then gutless progressives repeatedly insisting that it's perfectly peaceful, or otherwise excusing and justifying the criminal behavior. I have a very serious problem with people who haven't done anything being punished by activists who think that harassing and bullying bystanders somehow causes their target to change their behavior. That's the behavior of bullies and zealots.

It's the same issue I have with people "protesting ICE" by hassling innocent Target employees. Filling up baskets and then not buying anything so that employees - who aren't ICE, probably don't support ICE, and are entirely innocent in all of this - have to deal with the mess they've made. Buying loads of things then immediately turning around and returning it so it causes problems for everyone else, both employees and other shoppers. That's not a protest, that's ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ behavior. That's the tantrum of a child who believes that if they can make life miserable for everyone around them, they'll get their way.

The looters, vandals, and arsonists who are harming innocent people aren't protesters, they're criminals.

 

[wareyin]

How many times do I have to tell you that I am unambiguously NOT PROGRESSIVE?

I'm not anti-trans. I'm opposed to males being given legal right to violate female boundaries. You, on the other hand, seem to strongly desire giving males the right to override female consent. Why is that?

Pro poll tax? What are you even on about? There was a time ages ago when I briefly considered poll taxes to be the most equal means of taxation - and it is. But it's also unworkable and inefficient, and I've supported modern tax structures for ages. Hell, I believe I even proposed a scaled sales tax scheme that would make all basic necessities up to a certain per-person level completely tax free, including clothing and homes, thus eliminating property taxes on small single-family homes and making property taxes on huge mcmansions and larger much, much higher than they currently are.

I don't hold far right positions. You LABELING me doesn't make your LABELS true.

Take this from a different perspective. Without any individual person in mind, provide a list of policy views that you think are far right views.

It’s telling that you responded to a point about political labels with yet another anti-trans rant. You can call yourself a centrist all you want, but when your positions on January 6th, voting rights, and social issues align perfectly with the far-right fringe, the label is just a costume. I’m not interested in helping you mount your hobby horse again. The contradiction between your 'centrist' label and your actual post history speaks for itself.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

It's such a weird position. I have a (post-transition) female-to-male trans friend and if he went into a female locker room he'd probably be arrested. I guess the transphobes have been taught to imagine non-transitioned guys roaming female locker rooms, which is patently ridiculous. None of the girls or women I know have ever told me about anything like that happening, but if you were to believe the totally-not-fascists, every female locker room is besieged by hordes of hairy men calling themselves women to pull a Donald Drumpf on unsuspecting women and children. It's just ludicrous.

But then again it's not a real issue, just a boogeyman they've been taught to fear so they won't ask too many difficult questions about why gas is getting more expensive and no one can afford a house anymore.