• imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Because if “you approve of assassination then the right starts to assume it’s okay that you’re next”

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      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?

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        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.

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        4 months ago

        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?

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      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.