We could have a lengthy thread discussing how each of us considers violence. I think one danger is thinking that it's less nuanced than it really is. Today it's common to hear terms like peaceful, or non-violent, with the implication that it's just the simple opposite of violent. And we all know that violence is bad, right? As long as we're not violent then we haven't fallen for the traps or "stooped to their level."
Well, in the arsenal of tools, perhaps violence is the one that sits in the bottom drawer way in the back behind intelligent exchange of ideas, the seeking of independence, and memes. Would it be better to not have the tool? I don't know, I'm just a simple conspiracy theorist trying to think it all through.
I remember a little quip from Trump a long time back. He hinted that we might have to have that 2nd Amendment one day. Lawless violence for the sake of terrorizing the people like BLM and Antifa use is one thing, but our forefathers were smart enough to know we might need some organized and effective detterents to fascists and tyrannts one day. If Trump and the whitehats can't get this shit under control that day is coming soon.
We could have a lengthy thread discussing how each of us considers violence. I think one danger is thinking that it's less nuanced than it really is. Today it's common to hear terms like peaceful, or non-violent, with the implication that it's just the simple opposite of violent. And we all know that violence is bad, right? As long as we're not violent then we haven't fallen for the traps or "stooped to their level."
Well, in the arsenal of tools, perhaps violence is the one that sits in the bottom drawer way in the back behind intelligent exchange of ideas, the seeking of independence, and memes. Would it be better to not have the tool? I don't know, I'm just a simple conspiracy theorist trying to think it all through.
'Hello fellow conspiracy theorists.'
I remember a little quip from Trump a long time back. He hinted that we might have to have that 2nd Amendment one day. Lawless violence for the sake of terrorizing the people like BLM and Antifa use is one thing, but our forefathers were smart enough to know we might need some organized and effective detterents to fascists and tyrannts one day. If Trump and the whitehats can't get this shit under control that day is coming soon.
I fear you are correct.