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    8 months ago

    Not as long as the other guy is some dirty liberal who believes in socialist conspiracies like the holocaust having actually happened…

    (Yes this is sarcasm, not actually saying the holocaust didn’t happen)

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      8 months ago

      I’ve never really understood why they claim it didn’t happen, it’s not like they were the ones doing it so I don’t understand why they feel the need to protect themselves by claiming its non-existence.

      Meanwhile the actual people who did do it fully acknowledge that it happened, was bad, and have taken steps to ensure it never can be allowed to happen again.

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        8 months ago

        It’s a recruitment tactic mostly, they all know that it happened, but they hope they can reach those who pride themselves on being open minded by saying “What if it didn’t?” or “Hey, they seem to get REALLY made at people who are just harmlessly asking questions?”

        So that they can be “Heard out”, and hope to indoctrinate you.

        This tactic sadly works, and it’s why you can’t just “Debate them and challenge their idiocy in the free market of ideas.”

        They simply won’t play the game fairly and in good faith. An honest debate is between two parties hoping to better make their positions understood, but if you’re not honest about what you believe in or why, the whole process has the rug pulled out from under it.