• @memestoanendOP
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    893 months ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      -93 months ago

      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.

      • @BradleyUffner
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        3 months ago

        No one sane was seriously calling for his assassination. They were appeals to absurdity showing why the ruling was assinine.

    • Admiral Patrick
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      -443 months ago

      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.

      • @morphballganon
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        343 months ago

        WWII could have been prevented if the german left was less chill in the '30s.

      • @too_high_for_this
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        223 months ago

        Fuck that. Politicians should fear the people. Bring back the guillotine.

        “Violence is never the answer,” says country founded through violent revolution.

        • @samus12345
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          163 months ago

          “You have to fight fascism with ideas,” says country that fought fascism with weapons of war.

      • Optional
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        63 months ago

        Where can one find the modlog? I just see the one tied to my account.

        • @samus12345
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          23 months ago

          Bottom right on desktop, not sure on other platforms.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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        43 months ago

        celebrating, praising, cheering on, or defending political violence of any kind is not what we need to be doing.

        This makes me glad I didn’t do anything special for Independence Day. Don’t want to be celebrating political violence.