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  • paholg@lemm.eeto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    2 years ago
    1. He asked if he could say “a word”. Usually, that expression is not meant literally, but in this case it was.

    2. The word said was “plethora”, which can be defined as “a lot”, as pointed out in the final panel. This panel also has a double meaning, as normally the phrase uttered would not be meant literally.

    3. I don’t believe there is a third layer.












  • paholg@lemm.eetoMemes@lemmygrad.mlThe enlightened non-“Tankies” be like
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    2 years ago

    First of all, to attribute deaths solely to one individual (even to Hitler) denies anyone else responsible of their free will in doing so.

    Fair, but this is just kind of a thing we do with language.

    If we can’t agree that millions of people in the USSR were killed, sent to gulags, and died of famine during Stalin’s leadership, then I’m not sure there’s anything worth discussing.

    Similarly, the article you linked about 7 million US deaths in the great depression doesn’t even take itself seriously. It’s just trying to discredit counts for deaths in the Holodomor. I suspect you don’t think that many people died as a result of the great depression, and, if you’re not going to argue in good faith, then again I believe we are at an impasse.

    Finally, there is no need for name-calling. While I do not consider “lib” nearly as much an insult as you likely intend it, I would still not categorize myself as such.








  • paholg@lemm.eetoMemes@lemmygrad.mlThe enlightened non-“Tankies” be like
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    2 years ago

    Are you capable of reading and processing information? Nevermind that the Great Depression was a worldwide catastrophe. Nevermind that it’s thousands vs millions of people. Did you notice where I talked about the larger pattern in the USSR? There wasn’t just one famine, but a shitload of things causing the deaths of millions of people, many of which were fucking executions.