The 2nd argument there, the one you claim to be making, is advocating for political violence.
I don’t think you’re debating in good faith here.
The 2nd argument there, the one you claim to be making, is advocating for political violence.
I don’t think you’re debating in good faith here.
Your argument here is just saying, “Political violence is justified if a minority are being oppressed.”
Maybe you are tweaking it to be, “Political violence is to be expected if a minority are being oppressed.”
This is literally the dictionary definition of advocating for something.
Advocate, verb, to publically suggest an idea, development or way of doing something.
You are being disingenuous here. I’m not shifting their argument. Here is their full comment with annotations -
Sooner or later, a trans woman forced through male puberty by arbitrary rules/culture-war politics will snap
Annotation 1: politicians making incorrect choices are going to force the hand of activists for this cause…
and attempt to assassinate the PM or health minister.
A2: which will inevitably lead to political violence against members of the government
Then the other boot will come down: the Daily Mail will demand a crackdown, and the usual voices in the Guardian will join in, and the government will follow.
A3: Then the media will blame the activists instead of themselves
In what world is that not advocating for political violence?
Let’s replace the issue in question and see if it still sounds ok to you:
Sooner or later, a white nationalist forced to experience mass imigration due to arbitrary rules/culture-war politics will snap and attempt to assassinate the PM or home secretary. Then the other boot will come down: the Guardian will demand a crackdown, and the usual voices in the Daily Mail will join in, and the government will follow.
Does the above sound acceptable?
In the UK we have had 2 MPs assassinated in the past 10 years. One Labour and one Conservative. Comments that essentially say, “The government should do what I want or there will be more political violence”, are inciting violence.
The figleaf of being like “unless X happens, someone will do Y” is the same as 4chan maniacs threatening to commit acts of terror “in minecraft” or whatever.
He seems to have no filter whatsoever. His comments are inexcusable but he seemed to set himself up to broadcast every single thought that ever goes through his head to the entire world. I suspect there would be some clangers in there if I - or anyone else - spewed all of their halfbaked thoughts out all the time like that.
Personally I’m never going to meet the guy and my opinion of him doesn’t particularly matter. That provides an opportunity to pick out the bits of his thoughts that I find interesting and leave out the bits that are crass. Appreciate not everyone has that luxury though, especially if they have been personally affected by one of the issues he’s crashed into like a bull in a china shop.
He’s a living meme who wrote some amazing software back in his day.
Yeah the toxicity of the politics on here is pretty bad. I’ve read several comments in the UK politics sublemmy in recent weeks advocating for political violence.
Edit: this was a charming recent example https://leminal.space/comment/9489619
Europe is just better, sorry.
Linux is just better, sorry.
Hard agree with everything else.
Every central bank failed to predict inflation from covid stimulus, or thought that the risk of inflation was worth taking to prevent economic collapse.
More targeted stimuli might have helped the longterm inflation figures and it might have made more sense doing that in hindsight. However it is hard to tell what problems might have arisen if they had taken that route at the time.
At the end of the day he’s a fragile human being who appears to suffer from moderately bad mental health issues. I’d argue that he is more of a symptom of something going wrong with our society than a cause, even if he does amplify certain undesirable viewpoints.
If he didn’t exist some other charlaton would get niche internet celebrity status by making hot takes from a similar perspective.
Ketamine is more in the ballpark of being bad for your body like cocaine than MDMA is. More addictive and can damage your kidneys/bladder with long term use. It also puts a moderate amount of strain on your heart like what happened with Matthew Perry earlier this year.
It’s kind of a side effect for us having regenerating cells. From what I understand it’s an umbrella term for a variety of diseases that emerge from us living long lives with - relatively - versatile/adaptable bodies. In some ways it’s amazing that our bodies work at all.
That said, it’s not easy to be philosophical about it when you or someone you know is affected. Lost a family friend to cancer just a few months ago.
Tie between Pisco Sour and Bloody Mary. Usually a night drinking the former will lead to the latter the next day.
Looking forward to this weekend when I’m finished giving the best man speech at my friend’s wedding. I’m sure it will be fine but the knowledge it is coming up has been intruding on my relaxation time this week.
Season 2 is really picking up for me. Although admittedly I was hooked from the first episode of season one.
Have been trying to get through One Piece at the same time which seems to have an endless amount of episodes. Definitely keeping me busy while I wait for new JJK.
Sounds like she came from the curb tbf