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minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up57arrow-down1·3 months agoWish we could, but a huge number of fear-addicted dimwits with swollen amygdalas have been brainwashed into profound bigotry.
minus-squaresuperkretlinkfedilinkarrow-up45·3 months agoDon’t use the passive form. They aren’t victims, they’re perpetrators. Of course, when all this is over, they’ll claim they “didn’t know”, were just “following orders” or “it was legal”.
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·3 months agoIndeed, they are active participants in their own brainwashing. It is a cult, they have willingly abandoned both truth and reason to be members.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoAh, the Eichmann defence. Didn’t work then, don’t let it work now!
Wish we could, but a huge number of fear-addicted dimwits with swollen amygdalas have been brainwashed into profound bigotry.
Don’t use the passive form.
They aren’t victims, they’re perpetrators.
Of course, when all this is over, they’ll claim they “didn’t know”, were just “following orders” or “it was legal”.
Indeed, they are active participants in their own brainwashing. It is a cult, they have willingly abandoned both truth and reason to be members.
Ah, the Eichmann defence. Didn’t work then, don’t let it work now!