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A form of logically fallacious reasoning that involves winning an argument by taking a contrarian position that is left just vague enough to where they win the argument regardless of which side comes out on top.
Named after the famous scene from the Seinfeld episode "The Bubble Boy."
Named after the famous scene from the Seinfeld episode "The Bubble Boy."
There's a certain beat-you-at-your-own-gameiness to "The Card Says Moops" Maneuver. "Safe spaces are bullshit, but if you get one I get one, too." "There's no such thing as systemic oppression, but if there were, I'd be oppressed." It's dismissing the rhetoric of social justice while also trying to use it against you. Claiming "the card says 'Moops'" does not so much mean "I believe the people who invaded Spain in the 8th century were literally called 'The Moops'," but rather "you can't prove I don't believe it." Not a statement of sincere belief; simply moving a piece across the board. All in the game, yo.
-- Innuendo Studios, "The Alt-Right Playbook: The Card Says Moops"
-- Innuendo Studios, "The Alt-Right Playbook: The Card Says Moops"
by The Logical Fallacy February 3, 2019
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Not to be confused with Homonationalism.
Not to be confused with Homonationalism.
Homonationalism is using LGBT Rights to justify a culture of injustice.
Queer nationalism is a culture born from LGBT Rights.
Don't confuse the two. Ever.
Queer nationalism is a culture born from LGBT Rights.
Don't confuse the two. Ever.
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"Before the election was called, I had a pretty good feeling about it, so I preemptively declare victory and anointed myself an Anarcho-Monarch of Ottowa. Then to my shock and also not shock at all, the elites appointed their own puppet-leader instead, Zed Shabibe. Or something, I dunno, I wasn't paying attention. I'm calling upon my supporters to not recognize the legitimacy of these so-called 'elected officials' unless it's ever me."
-- Jreg satirizing Post-Ironic Democracy in "I Won (And By A Lot)"
-- Jreg satirizing Post-Ironic Democracy in "I Won (And By A Lot)"
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"Anarcho-communism. Anarcho-communists are a first variant of leftist anarchism. They are communists, but minus the state."
-- Jreg, "Anti-Centrism: Know Your Extremists (From Anprim to Nazbol)"
-- Jreg, "Anti-Centrism: Know Your Extremists (From Anprim to Nazbol)"
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A meritocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the exceptional at the expense of the mediocre.
A kratocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the strong at the expense of the weak.
A plutocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the wealthy at the expense of the impoverished.
A theocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of their God and religion at the expense of secular democracy.
An egocrat passes laws and social changes for the benefit of themselves at the expense of everyone else's wants and needs.
A kratocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the strong at the expense of the weak.
A plutocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of the wealthy at the expense of the impoverished.
A theocrat passes laws and social change for the benefit of their God and religion at the expense of secular democracy.
An egocrat passes laws and social changes for the benefit of themselves at the expense of everyone else's wants and needs.
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When Uncle Grandpa cameoed on Steven Universe, it was sort of like the Olaf Effect. You would think you would hate him, but you didn't (sort of).
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Much like Dadaism and Futurism, Fluxus used Anti-Art to challenge the establishment of the time, change culture as a whole and make fine art more accessible to the masses. Yoko Ono for example was one of many fluxus artists at the time that made performance art an actual thing in modern art.
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