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Cake day: July 6th, 2023

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  • Ok, again, you are free to believe Biden and Trump’s administrations are comparable, but as someone who had to live through both admins, they really aren’t. You provided counterpoints which mostly did not address any of my claims, instead pointing out unrelated things I made no claims about, and made somewhat viable arguments against three of my many points-- still not actually pointing out anything Biden did worse, by the way, just things he did that were bad but that either aren’t what I actually claimed (the immigration article) or that he did less than Trump (DB access, federal land). To say that this makes your view the “correct” one is ridiculous.

    Then why are you supporting them, and fighting against people who are accurately pointing out that they are monsters?

    Because I don’t think it’s accurate.





  • Literally how is that moving the goalposts? I said that while Biden did bad things, it was not on the scale of what Trump did during his admin, and presented a list of specific claims I said Trump did above and beyond what other admins such as Biden’s did. You disagreed, so I asked for proof of Biden doing any of the specific things I claimed. You provided evidence of Biden doing many horrible things, like previous admins did, but did not provide evidence of him doing anything I listed. I’ve been perfectly consistent. Can you describe how you perceived the goal as moving?

    (Also, I’m not a liberal.)

    Yeah, it is important. While Trump is a 9/10 monster, Biden is only an 8/10 monster, who supports Trump, and helps him out with his projects.

    You are free to view it that way, but it would be unreasonable to claim that is the only way to view it in light of the many differences I pointed out.











  • What exactly is your issue with Wikipedia?

    It’s clear from the content of that article that they are willing to include information on capitalism’s role in atrocities, and cite anticapitalist sources. The “anticommuniat mass killings” article even shows they are willing to do pro-communist listicles. It’s clear to me that the wikipedia article creation and editing process itself does not prevent creating well-sourced pro-communist articles. Are you complaining that the users on wikipedia choose to organize the information in a way that’s more aligned with capitalist viewpoints? If so, yes, of course-- most people in the english-speaking world are capitalists, and will view issues in that light. They simply outnumber you and so it is more likely they will make an article. But there is nothing stopping you from making articles of your own or improving existing articles to include your perspective. If you want Wikipedia to be more accurate and think it’s missing info or organized incorrectly, you are free to edit it yourself. It seems really weird to blame Wikipedia for this when the issue is (1) inherent to being a platform filled with user-generated content and (2) something you are in a good position to solve if you chose to participate.