This is a good time to share this poem with everyone:
I saw them tearing a building down. A team of men in my hometown. With a heave and a ho and a yes yes yell, they swung a beam and a sidewall fell.
And I said to the foreman, "Are these men skilled?" "Like the ones you'd use if you had to build?"
And he laughed and said, "Oh no, indeed... the most common labor is all I need... for I can destroy in a day or two what takes a builder ten years to do."
So I thought to myself as I went on my way...
Which one of these roles am I willing to play?
Am I one who is tearing down as I carelessly make my way around? Or am I one who builds with care, in order to make the world a little better... because I was there?
anon
No one likes seeing their country destroyed. No one likes seeing their culture destroyed. No one likes seeing that which they've worked for destroyed.
This principle also applies to Voat.
Each of us is either a builder or a destroyer.
Choose your side, because I've chosen mine. Voat will support those who build.
Interpret this post however you'd like, because at it's root it is truth, but I'm posting this for those of us that need a reminder from time to time.
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Joe_McCarthy ago
If I was forced to interpret it comes across as at least a lukewarm endorsement of nationalist politics but also a statement that posters that get Voat in hot water with the authorities or that try to drive off dissent with downvotes will be frowned on.
Quite a few have already been driven off I might add.
Fuckallyoufuckers ago
You haven't been driven off yet though, Joe.
You serve as a constant reminder that there is always a greater good out there to strive for. Thank you.
Joe_McCarthy ago
It certainly hasn't been for lack of trying. I've been consistently harassed with downvotes for at least a couple of years. And others have. And we all know who is doing it.
Not really a good look. It suggests a reckoning.