In all fairness, we should all be dialing down the rhetoric. Fanning the flames either direction is a dangerous game we shouldn’t be playing.
The point is that the right has been guilty of violent rhetoric. The “violent rhetoric” on the left has been saying fascism is bad and needs to be defeated.
They are the ones fanning the flames and then saying “hey we should all stop fanning the flames”. It’s ridiculous.
The “violent rhetoric” on the left has been saying fascism is bad and needs to be defeated.
And look at how some people are suggesting we should do that.
Check the modlog for the news and politics communities over the last few days. It’s there. People have been frothing at the mouth with all kinds of suggestions I will not repeat.
I say again: we all need to chill a bit. I hate that this sounds like I’m defending the right (I’m not). Emotions, tensions, and rhetoric are very inflamed right now, and celebrating, praising, cheering on, or defending political violence of any kind is not what we need to be doing.
So, the right is correct for once, albeit for very wrong / bad faith reasons.
Fuck that. Politicians should fear the people. Bring back the guillotine.
“Violence is never the answer,” says country founded through violent revolution.
Have you already forgotten that immediately after the Trump v. United States SCOTUS ruling there were a bunch of posts and comments saying Biden should have Trump assassinated and call it official business?
You could say they were satire, but a casual observer can’t tell for sure.
Nah bruh, I’m 100% good with the fascists understanding that they have no monopoly on violence.
That’s how things get done mostly. Make sure they know we’re down with violence too. The black panthers didn’t just ask nicely, they also carried big guns with them.
Even ghandi didn’t fully achieve what he did with 0 violence. What’s never mentioned is that there were other groups out there who agreed with him but didn’t agree with his methods. Those other groups also put pressure with both violence and the threat of. That pressure of violence helped ghandi do what he did.
Even ghandi didn’t fully achieve what he did with 0 violence. What’s never mentioned is that there were other groups out there who agreed with him but didn’t agree with his methods. Those other groups also put pressure with both violence and the threat of. That pressure of violence helped ghandi do what he did.
The Powers That Be only capitulated to MLK because they knew Malcolm X was the alternative.
I mean, this is like saying the average household and BP should be dialing down their emissions. You’re not wrong, but BP is the way bigger problem and they have benefited enormously from being a problem, while households are just trying to find a way to live in the world BP built.
To be fair, it is kinda funny how blank Joe’s expression is on the wrap. He just looks like he’s wondering how the hell he got there. The not-so-funny part is that I’m sure there are Republicans who genuinely want this to happen… as if their shitty pickup truck would make it that far.
Regardless of how you feel about who deserves what, talking about a desire or plan to commit a crime on the internet is a very bad idea
never seen anything that says “I’m a psychopath haha” more than this
“My own dog… that I’ve beat, starved and abused for decades… A dog that I’ve been enthusiastically training to attack and kill YOU for years… just bit ME. This is your fault, you EVIL monster!”
