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> They have so routinely gotten their butt kicked in the arenas of empathy, equality, and compassion

Ah, gloating about "kicking butt", truly the pinnacle of empathy and compassion.

Look, I agree with you, but there's no reason to descend to this guy's level. As old Fred once put it:

> He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

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Yes dude, I feel you. “Butt kicked” = getting definitely out debated = society recognizing those ideals of hate are not valuable; however you want to phrase it.

Sometimes you don’t feed the trolls. Sometimes I read a thing on the internet that is so absurdly hateful and spiteful that nobody responds to and I worry “who out there is reading this, and might be on the fence about some human values. If they don’t see anybody responding to it at all, will they think it’s an acceptable view point?”

I’m not gonna save the world, but occasionally I can offer rebuttal to cultural biases.

It ain’t much, but it’s something however small.

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