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[โ€“] Nemo@midwest.social 60 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It turns out that lots of people are actually against recognizing human rights, as long as their rights are protected.

[โ€“] Daft_ish@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[โ€“] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A classic expression that explains it better is "They are not hurting the right people"

So people want to hurt other people, but is has to be the right people.

[โ€“] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I remember the disaffected Trump supporters. It's not even like nobody told them Trump had no loyalty to anyone. Not that it justifies them wanting to hurt other people.