andros_rex@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 12 days agoviolence is always bad mkay 😢lemmy.worldimagemessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageviolence is always bad mkay 😢lemmy.worldandros_rex@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square53linkfedilink
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoIt’s not just that he was trash, or that he merely advocated violence. It’s that the violent threats he made were credible. The state isn’t a magical filter through which threatening people becomes okay.
minus-squaretestfactor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoHe wasn’t a member of “the state” any more than you or I.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days ago He was more part of the system than you or I ever will be.
It’s not just that he was trash, or that he merely advocated violence. It’s that the violent threats he made were credible. The state isn’t a magical filter through which threatening people becomes okay.
He wasn’t a member of “the state” any more than you or I.
He was more part of the system than you or I ever will be.