| ▲ | dragonwriter 4 hours ago |
| The problem with refraining from political violence where it is warranted is that the other side will do it anyway and you end up dead. |
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| ▲ | SV_BubbleTime 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| > political violence where it is warranted When is it warranted against you? Let me guess, it never is because “your side” is never wrong and always “the good people”… right? What an amazing coincidence! |
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| ▲ | gzread 16 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | When I am a fascist, I warrant being chucked into the sea. As far as I'm aware, I am not a fascist, even though actual fascists like to call everyone they disagree with a fascist and call for their execution. That's the real problem: Fascists copy tactics, and most people are shallow. If you can call someone a fascist and murder them, fascists quickly learn to call everyone who isn't a fascist a fascist and murder them. There will not be a deep investigation into whether a person really is a fascist. | |
| ▲ | wewtyflakes 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Remember posts like this and how they are so glib in the face of the autocracy. They will gaslight you, make you feel like you are the crazy one, and be the first to say you deserved it when you have finally have had enough and decided to push back. | |
| ▲ | analognoise 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I'm not worried about political violence because I haven't been denying anyone's constitutional rights, stealing from The People, denying anyone's health insurance claims, or roughing up peaceful protesters and random brown people. I didn't layoff a bunch of people to make my quarterly numbers. I'm not so hated I have to live on a military base out of fear. It seems pretty simple: Live a life where, if you get plugged, nobody's cheering and everyone's angry. |
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| ▲ | gruez 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| >is that the other side will do it anyway and you end up dead. Preemptive first strike logic[1] aside. This logic doesn't work because political violence never gets out of hand so fast that an entire political movement can be wiped out. On the other hand by starting/advocating for political violence you're almost certainly going to get the descent into sectarian violence before you can wipe out all the "fascists". [1] Iran, anyone? |
