Democracy literally cannot survive if opinions are punishable by death, and that alone should be soundly condemned.
Democracy got deported.
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OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You don’t have to like him, but jeez people in here are messed up. I’m a little surprised that so many people are celebrating an ideological assassination. Democracy literally cannot survive if opinions are punishable by death, and that alone should be soundly condemned.
0x0@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
morphballganon@mtgzone.com 6 months ago
If you want to talk about democracy surviving, step one is removal of anyone trying to dismantle democracy.
Whether that’s removal by death, imprisonment or exile is immaterial.
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The law protects free speech, which is the cornerstone of democracy. Answering free speech with violence is the opposite of democracy. Any society based on our allowing murdering people that you disagree with is doomed to fail.
Lumisal@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Accountability is also a cornerstone of Democracy, moreso than absolute free speech. Yet there’s been a lack of that too.
If anything, unrestricted speech is the seed of authoritarianism, because it allows the segregation of people in society. Hence the paradox of tolerance.
Also, when the laws only enforce one way, the people will ensure justice comes a different way.
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Accountability? You mean murdering people you disagree with? Explain again to me how free speech is the seed of… authoritarianism? That’s some crazy mental gymnastics. And what laws did Charlie Kirk break?
morphballganon@mtgzone.com 6 months ago
You’re aware that the overwhelming majority of murderers are right-wingers, right?
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Since you brought it up, do you have any numbers to support that?
RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Shhhh.
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
What makes you think the USA is democratic?