Normally I wouldn’t post anything from WaPo, but…

    • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
      172·
      21 hours ago

      Trump’s regime is like every tin-pot authoritarian ever. Lies about everything, hides losses, and makes up “victories”.

      These are in no way specific to Trump or “authoritarians.” Many—probably most—belligerents do those things.

      Same shit Putin, the Kim Jongs, or even Castro did.

      https://lemmygrad.ml/c/alwaysthesamemap

      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
        316·
        19 hours ago

        Well, this is .ml. I guess I should have expected deflection and “appeal to hypocrisy” when naming authoritarians. But, you indirectly proved my point - authoritarians are belligerent.

        • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
          112·
          19 hours ago

          I guess I should have expected deflection and “appeal to hypocrisy” when naming authoritarians.

          Can you be any more a Redditor?

          This conversation has already been had out a thousand times here. You brought nothing new to the conversation—in fact you brought nothing—so I can’t be bothered.

          But, you indirectly proved my point - authoritarians are belligerent.

          That wasn’t a point you made, and that’s not what belligerent means in the context I used it.