• Cypher@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Yes, it is compassionate to oppose a war.

    It is not compassionate to support a brutal dictatorship.

    Even if you personally don’t feel one side is human

    Nice strawman you started building, it’s a shame you stopped half way.

    And even if you don’t consider either side human

    Another half attempt at finishing your strawman?

    you know we spend billions

    You’re making a lot of assumptions here.

    keeping South Korea militarized right?

    If only they didn’t have a brutal dictatorship next door.

    We’re still paying

    Wrong.

    I suspect that you don’t care about either side’s people

    It only took you three paragraphs to complete your strawman! Congrats you did it.

    defend western hegemony.

    Cry about it tankie scum.

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      5 months ago

      Opposing war doesn’t equate to supporting a dictator.

      You literally have no argument.

      • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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        5 months ago

        Allowing aggression to go unchecked is the opposite of opposing war - it literally encourages more.

      • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        The user they’re replying to is a tankie. Dictator support is baked into the ideology.

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        5 months ago

        Yes it does, when the war you’re opposing is one intended to bring consequences to a dictator. Unopposed dictators continue to dictate and empower other dictators. You don’t stop a bully by turning the other cheek. That just gets you punched in both sides of the face. You stop a bully by bringing them consequences to their actions. When there are no consequences, the actions continue.

        If you’d like to read more about this, please check into the entirety of human history.

        • Zahille7@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          Literally nowhere in any of my responses have I alluded to me being an absolute pacifist. In fact, one of my replies implies that I’m not, I’m just against war (because, you know, it’s fucking atrocious for all involved), because you can absolutely oppose the act of war while still being down for some violence yourself.

      • Cypher@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        My argument is they should have been shot.

        The weak little dictator isn’t going to get into a shooting match with the South over a couple of dead soldiers.

        If you think they will then you know nothing of the history.

        • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          killing two soldiers doesn’t solve anything. They should invade north korea and fill it with a thousand McDonalds. Its the only way to restore freedom™