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[–] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

Small-scale violence excites and emboldens fascism. It will not stop it.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    All I’m hearing is that we should be using large-scale violence.

    We’ve done it before.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Absolutely.

    And honestly, I’m convinced that that generation more or less fully dying out in the last decade or so (and I mean across the western world, not just in the states) was a pretty direct cause of this fascist resurgence, because everyone who was a part of getting rid of fascism the hard way last time around is in the ground.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    The thought does scare me and even though I'm pretty sure it has its critics, that 80 year cycle thing does make me wonder - given the (current) average human lifespan, there might be something to it.

    All that wisdom dies off and has to be re-learned. Kind of like all the idiots learning about vaccines right now.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

    not that I'm encouraging it but I'm kind of surprised that there hasn't been more violent attacks on ice officers

    My comment is condemning the violence mentioned above, regardless of motive.

    Violent response vilifies the citizen against the officer ‘doing their job.’ That is leveraged to strengthen laws that protect officers, used as more propaganda to grow support for the right, and costs us another resister to incarceration.

    People need to stop suggesting response with emotion and read history. Small scale resistance against fascism has never been successful.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    I’m fully aware of your personal disclosure. That’s why I wrote “people” and not “you.” I was answering your question. Are you always condescending when you don’t understand the context of a reply?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Oh man, this is the same guy that told me to stop saying what I want to say (oppress my right to free speech) and then resorted to childish name-calling (called me an ass). A bully just like trump. Dude's all mixed up.

    I don't care if someone disagrees with me. I'll listen to someone who can make valid points, but that's not what a bully does.

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  • [+] -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You’re a spectacular dick, aren’t you?

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