• Stamets@lemmy.worldOP
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    11 months ago

    So you’re saying I’m weird because I love history for history’s sake and not any particular political reason?

    Literally no. The first group of people is exactly what you’re describing.

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      11 months ago

      never drop your guard though

      Literally yes, they explicitly say the history buff still shouldn’t be trusted.

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        11 months ago

        Literally no. They do not say a history buff shouldn’t be trusted. They say do not drop your guard when getting to know them initially. This is a pretty safe and reasonable course of action for getting to know any human. History buff is irrelevant to that statement.

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          11 months ago

          Crazy, considering the words that precede them are they are likely safe.

          If you think that’s trust you’re a broken human being.

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      11 months ago

      Nah I am pretty sure we all know what you were saying. Go ahead and backtrack some more, it is amusing how you are aborting your own position.

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        11 months ago

        Hyperdefensiveness looks really bad. We all like stuff that has terrible fan bases. I’m into anime/manga/manhwa, video games, and I do enjoy history and learning from it. I so know many people who share the same description who are straight up nazis, misogynists, incels, etc.

        If this is like the MIAC report, where it noted data on both right wing and left wing domestic terrorists and some of their tendencies. For left wing it mentioned environmentalists, socialists, communists etc. For right wing it mentioned 2A, Ron Paul, sovereign city, tax protestors etc.

        In no way for either side did it say that having those tendencies was the same as being a terrorist, just that they tend to have those interests. Right wing grifters and broadcasters lost their fucking .inds to the point this fact based report had to be retracted.

        If you can’t acknowledge your interests have terrible fan bases as well as good and upstanding ones, it makes you look like the terrible one angry at being called out.

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            11 months ago

            Wow, you are amazing at missing the point. So let’s ask this, are there any people who like the same things as you that are horrible people? I’ll answer for me, you betcha. Are there people who like the same things as me who are better people than me? Again yes.

            Can you say the same? Can you acknowledge that?