retiredaccount wrote
Reply to comment by conservative_raddle_fan in Why Do So Many Denounce Authoritarianism From Trump and Putin — but Not Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu? by ziq
shit rojava isnt a democracy ???
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retiredaccount wrote
its something much better
generally I just respond to that as if they said "democracy" because if i go "its the only neo-nazbolshevik-baathist" thats pretty arbitrary of a definition to use to proclaim superiority
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mofongo wrote
It means right wing/reactionary.
retiredaccount wrote
I'm saying that adding arbitrary descriptors lets me say anything is the 'only' of something, which itself is meaningless.
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retiredaccount wrote
their implication was that israel is the best by arbitrarily using "liberal democracy" to discount other democracies
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