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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 180 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Many people on the left do have guns, but they also have other things to go along with guns: self-control and a sense of decency.

[–] WhiteRabbit_33@lemmy.world 76 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I'd add on that most on the left have also studied enough to know that people love martyrs and that very few deaths of public figures would substantially change our society.

I'd describe myself as a raging leftist, and I can count on one hand the people whose assassination I think would result in beneficial change for our society even with any blowback of support and counter assassinations. MTG has never been close to that level.

Dismantling systems of oppression and changing the way people think is far more effective.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree. MTG is small potatoes. If she dropped dead tomorrow of natural causes (or an eagle dropping a turtle on her head) it would be fun for a moment but change nothing.

Hell the way things are going if Trump drops dead tomorrow it won't shake things up long term. (And they probably already have contingencies for that. Given his deteriorating mind and body he won't live that much longer).

I've learned to not underestimate Trump's position in his movement. Him dying will absolutely lead to a power struggle as everyone else in the party is weak by design. It's why Greene is gone, why a charisma black hole is VP, and why so much of his staff are incompetent jackasses. The biggest weakness to the current fascist movement has always been their reliance on Trump.

I've always hated this "puppet Trump" narrative. Yes he's easily influenced by people who know how he works, but he also has great intuition for politics that no one else in the Republican party has demonstrated. He's also more convinced than ever that listening to establishment types and measured voices will make him weak, and he has few of those around anymore anyways. As he gets more desperate or faces more opposition, he'll get more dangerous and unhinged.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

They know the price of guns.

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Many people on the left also lack those qualities. See the Bolsheviks, the IRA, ETA. Red Army Faction, et al

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[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 127 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

But many people kept saying BoTh sIDeS around a certain persons death.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 85 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Yeah, fuck those people. And fuck Charlie Kirk.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

From the Mossad

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Right through his neck hole!

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's some things that both sides can generally agree on. Brian Thomson, for example. Seems the only people who had a problem with his death had >$10 million stock portfolios.

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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

They were trying very, very hard to pretend that was a leftist attack so they could justify all the things they wanted to do themselves.

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[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 62 points 2 weeks ago

You wrestle with pigs you’re going to get shit on ya. Sorry babe.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 50 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The right has been terrorizing this country with impunity for over 100years

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

At a glance I read, Kamala, finds a way. And that gave me a chuckle.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Violence is the basis for all hierarchical authority, which is every modern day imperialist country.

You either bend to their order or they will engage in violence against you until you concede obedience.

Some have made concessions to those of the lower classes but fundamentally they still hold all the power of authority over who is or isn't "entitled" to access of basic necessities. If we ever buck that authority, the state will always engage in systemic violence against us to maintain that authority.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.

The only distinction is where a society draws the line on when violence can begin, and against who, and why.

[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's beyond politics... It's a legal modern mafia. Wake up. There is no democracy.

there really isn't... Why are people denying that truth so hard...? It's like it's out of fear of reality. Overcome that fear so you build modern life in honest reality because if your reality is not honest you are only building a faulty foundation.

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I wanted a 3rd party, just not like this.

[–] AngularViscosity@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You get an alt alt right party. A finger on the ~~money's~~ monkey's paw curls.

E: whoops 😅

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

You might be tempted to change it cause of the typo, but this is more apt

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[–] Cargon@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago

Womps and prayers to the harpy.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 7 points 2 weeks ago

Wasn't she the bitch who carried a gun outside AOC's office? Or was that someone else.

[–] don@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone got smacked by the FAFO principle.

[–] AngularViscosity@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not hard enough, I'd say. A judge's house was burnt down recently. They've gone easy on her.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago

she will be retiring in januarary, she saw no path foward for senate, since trump snubbed him, and the gop pratically abanonded her.

[–] Pistcow@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] BC_viper@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

And thats ultimately why they keep coming out on top. You're not using enough violence.

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