• ?Geektragedy@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 days ago

    Can anyone help me remember a quote.

    It’s something like: when arguing with the right they don’t need to adhere to logical consistency, all that truely matters is their position in the hierarchy of society.

    It’s more eloquent than I’ve parsed it. Any idea?

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      4 days ago

      Was it the meme Sartre quoute?

      Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

      It’s a good one to keep in mind.

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        3 days ago

        That’s a good one, but not the one. The point about the only permanent thing for the right is their view on hierarchy is strongly delineated.