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Elecrockcity t1_jad7gx0 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in A renewed push to legalize ‘medical aid in dying’ by d5dq

Do you think that me calling you a statist is a personal attack?

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[deleted] t1_jad7rhu wrote

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Elecrockcity t1_jad7xxb wrote

You mean like when you called me a masochist that supports grandpa’s suffering a tormented death?

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[deleted] t1_jad8c06 wrote

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Elecrockcity t1_jad8l9a wrote

I didn’t argue against that point because it’s absurd. And you are correct, that was not you - my mistake.

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Elecrockcity t1_jada3m0 wrote

Statist is not an insult any more than conservative is.

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Elecrockcity t1_jadiags wrote

Are you implying that you know better than I my intent in using a word? I think that’s pretty absurd. If I wanted to use a pejorative, I would find one better than statist. I am simply making an observation, not an insult. You are defending state actions and assigning them moral superiority based only on the fact that the state decreed them. That is - definitionally - statism. You are an agent of the state and treat the state as an authority with moral superiority.

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