• Soup@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Considering all the times they’ve literally worked to attack more progressive members of their own party, even when it would lead to clear loss, I’m not giving the DNC any charity.

    Centrists have lost all generosity and instead dessrve only animosity. Worthless conservatives pretending that they aren’t.

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      20 hours ago

      Oh I agree with you.

      Starting from charity is just my method of analysing statements, before proceeding to argue against it. That doesn’t mean I consider it likely. In fact, I generally find it easier to spot the flawed premises (such as humility to admit mistake and integrity to put what’s right over what’s profitable) required to support that assumption.

      If I start from the negative position, I find it hard to reason my way out of cynicism (probably because cynicism comes naturally to me) and reach a nuanced position. I also found that a “negative by default” stance is bad for my mental health.

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        7 hours ago

        I get that, but at this point they’ve already shown their faces. The bar is too low and they still can’t clear it.