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[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 year ago (7 children)

If real bigots were as eloquent with their words as Dukat, we might have a problem. Thankfully, none of them seemed to have that kind of charisma since Hitler killed himself.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eloquence isn't the only measure of charisma. See: Trump.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Destroy the Cardassian education system, and the populace will believe anything, even the eloquent words of a Vorta like Weekend at Keevan's, controlled by Rom.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (44 children)

No we wouldn’t because the solution to the paradox of tolerance is that you can’t be tolerant of intolerance. It’s a social contract, if one party breaks it, the contract is broken.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

It's a shame Dukat never got the recognition he deserved for the kindness he showed the Bajorans. Not even 1 statue, for shame.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

There's plenty, they're just not as big on world-conquering as Hitler (or Dukat). Just look at any megachurch.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

With the rising tide of hate crimes and white supremacist attacks on democratically elected reps, it’s obvious they don’t need to be eloquent.

Just criminal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A smart racist is an oxymoron.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Dismissing them like this isn’t very smart either. There are plenty of smart racists, those who understand how to instrumentalize it to rally the angry mob around their own goals by sprinkling some xenophobia on top. Those who successfully push ultra capitalist legislation against the direct interests of their constituents, just because it hurts the brown people too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was Hitler supposed to be charismatic?

[–] Fogle 9 points 1 year ago

If you consider charisma as knowing what to say and when to say it to get people to agree with you then yeah kinda

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

fight hate with love

enslaves whole planet

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, but he loved that planet with all his heart. It tore him up inside to do all that torturing and murdering. Just a big ole' softy that Dukat.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

That's why it's soooo sad they didn't build any statues of him :(

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like the Internet is full of people who think they're Kira but are in reality the useful idiots Kai Winn leverages to gain power.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

A lot also think they are Kira while in reality they are just virtue signaling for internet points and the rush of being "right". They stray further and further from rationality and basically become a screaming hate mob.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I'm a Pakled.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

> against intolerance

> against intolerance

somehow this is a contradiction

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