Being soft and not dehumanizing are two different things. The fact you can’t tell the difference doesn’t change that. I’m willing to do hard things to dangerous people. I don’t need to trick myself that they aren’t people in order to do that.
Yes, but not nearly the biggest problem around, nor do I think his death is going to stem the tide. So, did the death of this dangerous person improve the world any more than killing a mosquito does? Or was it a tiny bump on the road to American fascism?
You will never be able to get the person at the top. So you just have to get rid of all the mosquitoes one by one. While it does seem like there are a lot of them, nothing is infinite. If enough of the mosquitoes feel like they have a real possibility of dying, they will get the fuck out of town.
Every little bit counts if you’re not a fascist lover.
What comes to pass does so not so much because a few people want it to happen, as because the mass of citizens abdicate their responsibility and let things be.
Did WWII end before Hitler died? He seemed to think so given the gaping hole he put in his own head. I honestly think if Trump were to die tomorrow, very little would change. I think if he was assassinated you would see a response that would make the one to 9/11 look tame. If he’d been put in jail after Jan 6, maybe the direction of things would have changed, but I expect things will get a lot worse before they get better. As a non-American, my fervent hope is they eat themselves like a cancer and don’t spread to the rest of the world. In the meantime, I’ll watch my own backyard and do what little I can to stem the tide where I live.
Fascism is doing a great job bubbling up in Canada all by itself.
Comparing what is going on today with what happened in World War II is going to give a whole bunch of false conclusions. Sure, there are some similarities.
I think the biggest mistake that someone on the left can do is to think that The right will eventually eat themselves. That isn’t going to happen this time. Direct action is required from multiple angles, an encouraging people to be nice to fascists is supporting fascists
Being soft and not dehumanizing are two different things. The fact you can’t tell the difference doesn’t change that. I’m willing to do hard things to dangerous people. I don’t need to trick myself that they aren’t people in order to do that.
Did you consider Charlie Kirk a dangerous person?
Yes, but not nearly the biggest problem around, nor do I think his death is going to stem the tide. So, did the death of this dangerous person improve the world any more than killing a mosquito does? Or was it a tiny bump on the road to American fascism?
You will never be able to get the person at the top. So you just have to get rid of all the mosquitoes one by one. While it does seem like there are a lot of them, nothing is infinite. If enough of the mosquitoes feel like they have a real possibility of dying, they will get the fuck out of town.
Every little bit counts if you’re not a fascist lover.
Did WWII end before Hitler died? He seemed to think so given the gaping hole he put in his own head. I honestly think if Trump were to die tomorrow, very little would change. I think if he was assassinated you would see a response that would make the one to 9/11 look tame. If he’d been put in jail after Jan 6, maybe the direction of things would have changed, but I expect things will get a lot worse before they get better. As a non-American, my fervent hope is they eat themselves like a cancer and don’t spread to the rest of the world. In the meantime, I’ll watch my own backyard and do what little I can to stem the tide where I live.
Fascism is doing a great job bubbling up in Canada all by itself.
Comparing what is going on today with what happened in World War II is going to give a whole bunch of false conclusions. Sure, there are some similarities.
I think the biggest mistake that someone on the left can do is to think that The right will eventually eat themselves. That isn’t going to happen this time. Direct action is required from multiple angles, an encouraging people to be nice to fascists is supporting fascists
Back to the false dichotomy. You can start over at the top again without me.
Thank you. Goodbye.