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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoAcknowledging that a concept is complicated is different from being opposed to it. You deciding to interpret the statement the latter way instead of the former is your own problem, not theirs.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThey literally say: “Now the whole idea of independence is a messy social construct with a bunch of issues that I won’t get into right now.” (Emphasis mine). They are not just saying, “it’s complicated.” They literally use the word “issues.”
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoYeah. And “issues” means “issues,” which is not the same as “bad.”
minus-squaremoakley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days ago“Issues” in this context means “problems”, and problems are bad.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoYeah, and check this out! That’s the type of independence I want to strive for. They want to “strive” for “issues”? We know what they think independence is. Why do they want to destroy society??
Acknowledging that a concept is complicated is different from being opposed to it. You deciding to interpret the statement the latter way instead of the former is your own problem, not theirs.
They literally say:
(Emphasis mine). They are not just saying, “it’s complicated.” They literally use the word “issues.”
Yeah. And “issues” means “issues,” which is not the same as “bad.”
“Issues” in this context means “problems”, and problems are bad.
Yeah, and check this out!
They want to “strive” for “issues”? We know what they think independence is. Why do they want to destroy society??