Comment on Mob beats to death suspected kidnapper in Taxco, Mexico before Holy Week procession
PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 6 months ago
What American values are those?
The rule of law the entire Republican party is attacking rhetorically and undermining practically?
It’s not Biden supporters disproportionately engaging in political interference by threatening judges and election volunteers with death because their political leaders are saying there’s corruption everywhere and the election was stolen and Democrats are treasonous traitors trying to destroy America.
Nope.
That’s Republicans and their twisted expression of American values.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Neither are republicans.
Remember the riots where republicans burned cities and killed over two dozen people? Oh that was the left.
Remember when the republicans bombed the capital? Oh wait that was the left.
Remember the insurrection called Chas? Oh yeah that was the left as well.
Mob justice. That appears to be something you support as well since you didn’t question that isn’t an American value.
PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 6 months ago
I’m genuinely unfamiliar with what you’re talking about with these two…
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 6 months ago
…m.wikipedia.org/…/Capitol_Hill_Occupied_Protest
…wikipedia.org/…/1983_United_States_Senate_bombin…
PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 6 months ago
1983?! Sir, I wouldn’t be alive for another 5 years. To say that I support that is ridiculous.
And yeah, I’ll get behind CHOP. As in the article’s case, mob violence is a solution with due process repeatedly fails. And the Republican attack on the rule of law, ironically while touting it
The issue isn’t violence, it’s not like we’re pacifists here. The issue is the justification for it. From my perspective, the right manufactures outrage at social institutions such that it causes people to feel like they only have themselves to rely on for protection. The CIA and FBI are the alleged “Deep State”, after all. In contrast, the left riots and protests violently over state policing murdering minorities. And the murderer almost always face no consequences because of qualified immunity. So, conservatives justify violence based on the false perception of a society in shambles while liberals justify violence based on the lived reality of a society in shambles.
I’m curious as to what you think.
Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
We could play that too.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh
McVeigh’s beliefs including being pro-gun rights, against paying taxes, hating government regulation and wanting a “civil war” if that sounds familiar. Killed 168 people bombing a federal building.