• geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
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    I’ve blocked Cowbee because they kept trying to justify China rubber staping the genocide in Gaza by voting for the Trump UNSC proposal after 2 years of genocide. Some people will justify anything China does.

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      China didn’t vote for the proposal, though. They abstained. I agree voting against would have been good, but it’s strange to claim they voted for it.

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        3 days ago

        Abstaining is nothing more than a cowardly way of voting in favor. They have veto rights and they know it will pass if they don’t veto it.

        Silence is consent in the most literal terms here.

        The abstain vote was very useful to filter out those who actually care about human rights from those who only speak about it to further their own cause. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubeCHFGZM-E

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    For some reason I’m glad I don’t know who cowbee is. Sometimes outside looking in is the best position to find yourself in.

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        Patience is important to sway people

        The others that are too far gone aren’t worth trying to convince, but providing good sources is still useful for all the lurkers in the margins

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    6 days ago

    Cowbee might say that great man theory isn’t real, but I think they’re a real great person

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    I think ML isn’t for me but @Cowbee has been super patient in answering my questions and I’d love to consider them a friend

  • 𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁@lemmy.ml
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    Assuming maybe wrongfully that they are a man, (i’m uncomfortable with the use of they/them to designate a singular person, english isn’t my first language), yeah, I’m seriously impressed by his patience and kindness.

    I felt so ashamed to give small answers to him that one time he corrected me with a very understandable and precise paragraph, that I actually became motivated to read a bit of theory.

    That’s what i call a good influencer.

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      Cowbee is a user who makes a lot of comments in discussion and debate threads about socialism and communism. IMO he’s extremely patient and gives very detailed explanations/arguments. Some people disagree with him (which is OK, of course), but some of those people are IMO rude and/or dishonest about it. This form is a joke about that.

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      Cowbee is a user who makes a lot of comments in discussion and debate threads about socialism and communism. IMO he’s extremely patient and gives very detailed explanations/arguments. Some people disagree with him (which is OK, of course), but some of those people are IMO rude and/or dishonest about it. This form is a joke about that.