• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    The point is they will do it too, and it will have been increasingly normalized. It will not be applied per your definition of “fine”. Remember, “they” (read, maga types) think immigrants and others are “harming society”.

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        2 wrongs don’t make a right.

        “They” also do things like voter intimidation at polling places, burning ballot boxes and similar. I wouldn’t say it’s ok to do those things, just because right wing fascists are doing it.

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          “when they go low, we go high”

          No thanks, I’m all out of weed. Let’s fight them where they are instead.

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            Be clear: I want the very worst for him, but I want it to come from a system of justice, not a method that often leads to innocent bystanders being hurt.

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              Read the room, my guy. America has no system of justice. Most of these abhorrent people are on their way to governmental leadership positions. There’s no highroad that leads to winning back the country or justice.

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      Sure but why on earth should that mean we should condemn it universally? It’s not like they’d stop if we did.

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        By popularizing the topic it is normalized. There’s also no need to compromise ethical standards.

        I want Fuentes charged for the hate crimes and terroristic threats he makes. I am NOT defending him. But I don’t want people going into his neighborhood, getting the house wrong and hurting an innocent person, for example. Or maybe he moves and the new owner gets the heat.