But they already do, so I second queermunist - why lick the boot already stomping on your neck?
“The right” isn’t a monolith, they have different tolerance levels, different triggers that enable or excuse worse behavior, changing with the norms of the particular Overton window and with the boundaries of “acceptable discourse.” When what is “acceptable discourse” degrades, it enables worse behavior. So at any given moment, some right-wingers are almost crazy enough to start killing, and presumably the strength of our norms is a part of that.
Note that none of this is about what is “justified.” Sure, it’s justified to act as badly as these bigots. But it doesn’t help, it just accelerates the spiral towards fascist conflict.
Yes. It is literally licking the boot stomping on their necks, the man has spent years actively acting against the community and contributing to a hostile environment that costs lives.
Pretending like being civil to a literal nazi is reasonable is bootlicking too.
Pretending like being civil to a literal nazi is reasonable is bootlicking too.
Ahh yes wrongthink to even have a discussion here that wasn’t one that would have the fbi knocking at my door
Ps - there’s worlds of difference between saying political violence is wrong and “lol fuck John mccain even though he died” because he was barely decent human garbage like the rest of his ilk. I don’t think encouraging political violence is necessarily on the same level
Do you think the right is waiting for permission from us? Did you forget about the plot to kidnap Gretchen Witmer? Or when Paul Pelosi was assaulted with a hammer by a right wing home invader? Or, you know, when they tried to do a coup?
Because if “you approve of assassination then the right starts to assume it’s okay that you’re next”
But they already do, so I second queermunist - why lick the boot already stomping on your neck?
“The right” isn’t a monolith, they have different tolerance levels, different triggers that enable or excuse worse behavior, changing with the norms of the particular Overton window and with the boundaries of “acceptable discourse.” When what is “acceptable discourse” degrades, it enables worse behavior. So at any given moment, some right-wingers are almost crazy enough to start killing, and presumably the strength of our norms is a part of that.
Note that none of this is about what is “justified.” Sure, it’s justified to act as badly as these bigots. But it doesn’t help, it just accelerates the spiral towards fascist conflict.
This is wisdom, thank you for being the voice of reason.
Is it really bootlicking to say “back I don’t think it was cool to assassinate Trump”?
I mean it’s a lie but bootlicking?
Yes. It is literally licking the boot stomping on their necks, the man has spent years actively acting against the community and contributing to a hostile environment that costs lives.
Pretending like being civil to a literal nazi is reasonable is bootlicking too.
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/romeo-kokriatski-respectability-politics-or-you-gotta-be-nice-to-monsters
Ahh yes wrongthink to even have a discussion here that wasn’t one that would have the fbi knocking at my door
Ps - there’s worlds of difference between saying political violence is wrong and “lol fuck John mccain even though he died” because he was barely decent human garbage like the rest of his ilk. I don’t think encouraging political violence is necessarily on the same level
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Abortion bans are political violence.
Political violence is already here. You can’t stop it by being civil to Nazis
Do you think the right is waiting for permission from us? Did you forget about the plot to kidnap Gretchen Witmer? Or when Paul Pelosi was assaulted with a hammer by a right wing home invader? Or, you know, when they tried to do a coup?
The right already believes it’s okay.