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Even the polls now say that people on one side of the political spectrum endorse political violence to make sure their goals are met (www.msn.com)

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

As for violence, there are a lot of people who have been killed this year whose death everyone has been cheering but who doesn’t have a history of violence (or even direct control over human life).

There's a semi-famous (and oft-misquoted) quote:

"All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction." - Clarence Darrow

The point is, it's possible to take great satisfaction in the fact that someone died (or was killed) while not condoning the act itself, or supporting carrying it out. You can like the outcome even if you don't support the method.

I don't condone killing these people, but I do think the world is better off without some of them.

[–] Voidist@midwest.social -1 points 8 months ago

That much is true. I remember back when the wars George W. Bush started were still going on, anytime someone on "that side" died, it was a weird tradition in my old hometown to wake up the school kids at like five in the morning (because time zones) and say "hey, that one guy died".