en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
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OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 7 months agoYou can’t murder your way into democracy.
Cypher@lemmy.world 7 months ago
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
The irony of using the American revolution to justify murdering people for speaking their opinion…
Cypher@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You claimed it is impossible to murder your way into democracy, I gave you an example of people murdering their way into democracy.
Shifting the goalposts to be about ‘muh freeze peaches’ is weak.
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
No your example is just really really bad
shani66@ani.social 7 months ago
…where do you think most democracies came from?
Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They must’ve been… Immaculately concieved.
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Not from murdering people who speak their opinions.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
What do do think Civil wars are then?
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Those aren’t about murdering fellow citizens because of what they say.
morphballganon@mtgzone.com 7 months ago
The infrastructure for democracy is already there. It’s just been shelved temporarily by the current admin.
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ideological assassinations are a huge step in the wrong direction. Once you open the door to violence in place of speech and exchange of ideas, it’s a bad place. Everyone should condemn this. Do you honestly believe it’s a good idea to start killing people? Who is next? It’s not always going to be people you disagree with, and ANY murders need to be condemned.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
You are correct. The last several times it was a dem. We have protesred and taljed enough. Things only het worse for both sides. I hope they kill them all.
morphballganon@mtgzone.com 7 months ago
This is just the trolley problem. If you can save 5 people by killing 1, is it correct to do so, or take no action?
Well, we’ve got lots of people taking no action, and look where that’s got us.
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You don’t get to just kill people that you suspect are evil. This isn’t some complicated ethical dilemma.
Serinus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Tell that to France.
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah well that’s a better example than the American revolution anyway, but I guess I view revolution against government as being a little different than murder of a citizen exercising their right to free speech. The French revolution also was fighting to establish a democracy, wherein people could freely exchange ideas and contribute to the shape of government. Democracy doesn’t work if people murder each other instead of discussing things and using your vote to shape government. Violence must be prohibited and overwhelmingly condemned or it devolves into a zero sum game. This isn’t a victory for the left, this is a loss for society, further degradation of our republic.