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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days agoGenuine abhorrence of violence. Even though I think (know) it’s the only way we can overcome the lying, cheating, violent bastards on the other side, growing up in an abusive home makes the idea nauseating to me.
I do believe we’ll reach a point where we have no choice, though I fear that will happen when it’s too late.
Also, conditioning by mass media over a lifetime.
MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
We’ve been brainwashed to believe things like vigilantism are bad and that violence should be avoided at all costs because it makes you a bad person. Republicans are out there forming militias and the left is sitting on its hands hoping that their corrupt and weak fisted leadership will solve all their problems. We are so fucked its almost funny. All we can really do now is hope that it gets so bad that it finally snaps the masses out of its complacent stupor and into some sort of real action beyond just standing around holding signs like a bunch of naive idiots.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days ago
I couldn’t agree more. That’s why people love Luigi so much and why there’s no sympathy for the Blackrock CEO who got killed at random. People are happy to see action; they just aren’t ready to act.