I am not missing that point, i am putting it in perspective. And i completely disagree with your assumption regarding who is filling that grave - it is very much being presented as filling these graves with the bodies of your political enemies.

Is raising a rent the same as causing bodily harm? In some cases, i might be tempted to agree. But if we are not wanting to go down the road of teeth for teeth, eye for eye, we have at least to give the democratic process a good chance to try to fix the issues.

Democracy isn't perfect, and most states institutions aren't either. I fully accept this premise. But using an ideological background that makes us dig the grave and then fill it because it is essentially the same is very much fucked up.

Edit: Just to make sure my point comes across - digging that grave is an implied threat. Threatening violence if things don't change for the better is an important thing, and that violence can take many forms, like a general strike or blockading of facilities. But taking it from the threat of violence to ACTUAL violence with the intent to kill your opposition is a step that should not be taken lightly, because it will for sure cause retailiation. In these times where even the most dumb fuck can strap an pound of ANFO to a drone, we really, really do not want this to be the default way of trying to come to a favorable solution, because the method itself might close those doors.

That's a more nuanced take, and I appreciate it. I will offer a caveat though. When your opponent isn't going to show any restraint on their side, then you have very little reason to maintain it on yours. If you're not prepared to meet force with force, your opposition will have no incentive to bargain in good faith. They can quell you with violence without consequences.

If you're going to speak softly and carry a big stick, it is necessary at times to remind your interlocutor that you do in fact know how to use that stick, when they refuse to lower their tone to match yours.

I ultimately think your heart is in the right place, but your focus is misguided. It's not pouring oil on the fire to recenter the conversation around the issue that is fuelling the rage. You're not going to find much success appealing to the better angels of the corpos. They've made their decision. I don't want to see anyone hurt, but the natural consequences of their inhumanity, is retribution in kind. Protecting them from the consequences of their own actions is as good as permission to escalate. I will mourn for those who are hurt in the crossfire, but they need to know where this ends and there's no clearer way to remind them the cost of playing with fire than to let them get burned. I will not encourage violence, and I will continue to work to fix the problem by advocating for reasonable housing accommodations. But I'm not going to restrain those who have been pushed past their limits. The rights of free men and women are paid for in blood, and they always have been. I don't have to like it. But not liking the price, doesn't mean it doesn't have to be paid.

When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me to hunt. When I took my first buck, there were tears streaming down my face. After the buck was dead, my grandfather didn't yell at me for crying, he knelt down with me and he said a prayer of thanksgiving over it. He didn't tell me to "man up and get over it", he told me to never get comfortable with taking a life, any life. It might be necessary, that buck fed our family for months, at a time when meat from the grocer would have been too much of a luxury. But you should never let yourself get numb to what it cost, either the deer, or you. I don't believe in gods or bibles these days. I still say a prayer after every kill, and it still hurts.

I won't tell you to numb yourself to the cost. I won't ask you to cheer for blood. I will ask you to look away and keep your eye on doing whatever you are able to make sure no one ever feels their only path forward is violence again. Understand what brought them to that point, cure the disease and let the symptoms run their course. Symptoms aren't directly caused by the disease. They're the body's natural defences. Sometimes they will get carried away and you need to rein them in, but they serve a purpose.