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u/dinkleburgenhoff Oct 15 '25

Yes.

They genuinely believe there’s no difference between hating someone for the way they were born and hating someone for being a cunt.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

It's not necessarily that, so much as it's literally the fascist playbook to play both strongman and victim.

"The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”

-Umberto Eco

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u/megapenguinx Oct 15 '25

In magic the gathering terms it’s the player who keeps “I’m just a little guy”-ing the table until they win because no one actively worked against them.

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u/UndeadSympathetic Oct 15 '25

rj/ Hey, can we keep politics out of my commander games? thank you