how about when elected politicians bend the knee to private interests, giving preference of basic resources like water or electricity to datacenters over their own cities? How are citizens supposed to react?
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Jordan117@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Fuck off with this shit. Normalizing political violence of any kind is not okay. It’s all fun and games until they start shooting at the people you support, and that’s a ratchet that tends to go only one way.
liking625@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I’m sure we can find some middle ground between nothing and shoot-the-place-up.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Drag the offenders into the street to be tried by televised mob justice?
Seriously, until multiple people responsible get serious consequences the situation will continue to devolve.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
That sounds like an excellent place to start.
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Soulphite@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
I think 2A folks believe 2A was made for situations like this. When government doesn’t listen to voice of the people.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
There’s a difference between 2A folk really. You have the right wing which view it as a tool of power and wield it with little to no responsibility. Then the left as a tool against oppression that one should take care with. There’s far fewer left leaning attacks like this than there is right leaning.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The fuck you talking about? They already are killing civilians under this ICE bullshit. Comply or get shot in the face.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
They straight up executed Alex Pretti. He wasn’t resisting, they were beating the shit out of him, then the guy just draws his gun, walks up to him, and puts rounds into him.
Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org 4 weeks ago
“Comply” with 3 conflicting orders being screamed at you behind masks.
Get shot anyway.
Sabata11792@ani.social 4 weeks ago
They already shoot people I support.
lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Was Renee Good a family member of yours?
Because she could have been
PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Group in power has ratcheted up political violence in multiple staggering ways, deliberately, they use it constantly to brutalize people.
What are you even talking about? There is no peaceful baseline that exists to be maintained. They have broken the social contract entirely. Where have you been?
Arcadeep@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Uh they already have been murdering democratic politicians. Remember that guy who got beaten with a hammer? Or that couple and their dog who got shot by a dude pretending to be a cop? It has been happening already. Your point is nonexistant
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
But … guillotines!?
Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org 4 weeks ago
I’m confused, how does one shoot guillotines at someone?
UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Trebuchet
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 4 weeks ago
Guillotine-gun.
Etterra@discuss.online 4 weeks ago
Decrying political violence is incredibly naive. Violence has been a political tool for thousands of years. It’s not an ideal solution 99.99% of the time, but it does achieve results. I mean hell, the American Revolution was literally political violence.
Mac@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
They already are