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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

"No better"

You keep trying to make this relative, but that's moving the goal posts. Originally you just said that other countries have civil liberties, which makes them categorically different from El Salvador and so it's okay to have indefinite reelections.

But, the reality is that civil liberties are also being violated by those other countries, so your original argument doesn't work. The truth is that those other countries are trampling on civil liberties too, and it's getting worse over time. It's not just Trump! It's everywhere, and some are farther along the slippery slope than others.

Maybe they shouldn't have indefinite reelections either. It doesn't seem to be helping at any rate.

Or maybe indefinite reelections don't actually matter and it's not worth focusing on it.

But to just declare El Salvador as fundamentally different is clearly wrong. The difference is of degree, not kind.

[-] MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 days ago

Is your position that you are not categorically different than a child rapist? That difference in the harms you both cause to children is of degree, not kind? And thus should be treated or considered the same?

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