Labour Councillor Wishes Pandemic Had Happened Before Brexit to "Cull" Leave Voters

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[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I can't believe someone is defending wishing for death for others just because they're on the other side of the political spectrum. But that's what we expect from those we otherize.

Ironically, the way you phrase this makes it sound like "othering" the left.

Pure psychological projection. Accusing The Other of what we ourselves are guilty of.

[–]slushpilot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Read again. I'm not defending "wishing for death". I'm saying we don't need to take everything someone says in a moment of exasperation and intentionally amplifying it into something it isn't.

Pure psychological projection

Yes, exactly this. All I'm saying both sides need to:

A. Tone it down with all the accusations of racism, comparisons to the holocaust, fill-in-the-blank-phobia, etc. B. Learn to receive a full-throated "go fuck yourself" and respond without cowering and invoking accusations of racism, etc.

Clutching your pearls about how somebody said something offensive is not a confident response: it's exactly what the Left does.