Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.
- Karl Marx
If republicans come to lynch you, wont you just call the cops and they will protect you? I’ve been told by anti gun zealots that it is the plan after they get the gun bans they lust after.
We are on our own, the government wont be there for us in our darkest hour. you would be lucky its not the government itself that is after you honestly.
I know its scarey to think about, but such is the facts of life of the world we live in. Work with people in your community to protect each other. Its all thats left.
This is beyond insane child rapists and fucking eminent threats to everyday Americans. This is a declaration of intent to murder.
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” —Frank Wilhoit
What does that say about humanity in general that these fuckers have a voice at all?
It’s not humanity, it’s a Republican convention and the person at the Mike who could have most readily responded is a sitting Republican senator
That we’re way too kind even when all logic says we shouldn’t be.
I just can’t believe Americans haven’t figured out that Trump just tries to divide them on literally every issue so he can maintain power. Are they really that stupid? This should be the main message. Never, ever has a president tried to divide people so much to a point he would be happy if civil war broke out.
See, this is the thing that people outside America don’t understand.
They are intentionally trying to trigger civilian uprisings/civil war. It wouldnt be a giddy happenstance, its their actual purpose.
Its why they’ve deployed ICE, Its why ICE is given carte blanch to brutalize and disappear people at a whim. Its why they’ve dismantled any oversight that could stand against them and interupt them.
and they are getting quietly furious that its not working.
because they want the excuse to declare martial law. to give the order to kill American citizens to the military, and to cull anyone that wouldnt follow the order. To declare no elections, to make Trump the figure head for the rest of his meager life, with the real power being the billionaires that own the Republicans and the chopping up of the country into oligarchical fiefdoms not to dissimilar to Russia.
and its why people are focused on peaceful pressure. it infuriates and stymies their plans.
They’re already killing civilians and you’re worried that if people pose any resistance to that they’ll use it as an excuse to kill civilians?
"Defending ourselves will just give them the excuse to do what they’re already doing.’
No need to be pedantic they are correct in their point they’re making. The MAGA goal is for an insurrection or riots start in blue cities so they can declare martial law
And if nothing is done to resist them then they can take their time implementing the laws they want with no resistance.
Its truly apalling the lack of reading comprehension people display in this day and age.
Username checks out.
3 simple words that scream “I cant refute what you’re saying, but I have to have the final word because I’m childish and cant admit wrong”
Republicans are fucking Evil people.
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Can we not?
Assuming you aren’t just concerned about the slur: The average voting eligible person in the US is a petulant imbecile. Willingly or at best negligently ignorant of the consequences of elections, to a degree that if you care about character or virtue, they are worthy of deep and bitter scorn.
In the past I normally would not care about character or virtue in the context of debate or discourse but now my views of people broadly are so negative after November 2024 that its kind of hard to care about the average person’s well being anymore or to argue about how to bring about the best outcomes for said average people.
Slurs fucking suuuck!
What if that person belongs to the group the slur is for. Isnt it their word to use? (I dont know what word was removed by the way)
That’s not the way it was used in this context which you can read for yourself because it has yet to be removed.
And also evil.
No, being mentally disabled isn’t always evil, but a lot of them are… They are being taken advantage of.
A lot of mentally disabled people are evil? How about you go and absolutely fuck yourself? How about that?
The most dehumanizing party of all time
And that’s including the Lemon Party.
The Lemon Party has a serious gerontocracy problem!
Hasn’t the right already been killing those that they deem that are on the left? A couple were shot in Minneapolis and a girl and a protester were shot in Texas, not to mention assorted mass shootings by right wingers. There doesn’t seem to be any consequences either.
Republikkkans want to plant the seeds without opening calling for mass shootings so that when it does happen they can say they never TOLD them to do it. All while secretly smiling and laughing and egging the morons on.
I mean they may as well just call for mass shootings. Not like their base will criticize it.
They’re going to be real surprised when they find out how many of us are also armed.
In my experience a lot of lefty folks have armed up over the last 4 years. Especially in the trans community
Come on. Any of the US “left” that hasn’t already started fighting back isn’t going to.
Unless, what, you’re waiting for the fascists to cross some imaginary red line they haven’t already crossed? If that’s the case, where is that line? Be specific.
The line is and always has been disrupting the food supply. Man bread sure is expensive these days.
What do you expect me to do? Knock on my neighbor’s door and shoot him?
I mean, if you think it’s a one-person job I’m not sure what to tell you.
Okay. What then? We’ve already been labeled as terrorists by the current administration. Say we start organizing militias and all that. How long do you think it’ll take before the ATF shows up Waco style to put it down? As if they’re aren’t flock cameras everywhere already. Have you even thought about it?
We’ve already been labeled as terrorists by the current administration.
That definately sounds like a fucking problem, anything being done about it?
What do you expect me to do in fucking Missouri?
In the post you replied to I:
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agreed something is bad
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asked if there was a response to bad thing happening
You are being aggressive about the simple statement “yes, this is bad. Bad things don’t get better if nothing happens about it.”
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It’s absolutely wild how you cowards keep spouting the same tired excuses as if they haven’t been addressed literally every time they’re brought up. Fine, don’t fight. Enjoy MAGA. You’ll get whatever you deserve.
Coward? Fuck off, keyboard warrior. You don’t have the first clue what you’re talking about. Where do you even live? What do you even do besides playing the tough guy on the Internet?
Edit: This you?
I left in 2004 because of how bad things were getting- a decision that has been continually justified every day since.
Real cowards run away.
Real heroes keep their head down and do nothing apparently…
Not a citizen, not my country. Lived there 8 years. Not sure why I’m explaining this to overly-defensive American MAGA-lite garbage, though.
As a gun owner and former small arms instructor, like… I’m happy, but I also feel like I got isekai’ed when I see fellow left sided folks imply that privately owned guns aren’t basically the equivalent of the One Ring. They are simply a tool which bestows the ABILITY to use violence at a distance. What you choose to do with that ability is entirely up to the holder. A sword can be used as a shield as well, but a shield cannot be used as a sword if needed
Maybe not a sword, but shields can have spikes and sharp edges. Even as a blunt instrument a shield is a weapon not just a defense.
I’m going to press x on that one. What you say is true to an extent, but you would never grab a particularly pointy shield as your only weapon if you had to go on an offensive. Those things make it more effective from a defensive standpoint, but if I had to get into a fight I would choose a knife over any shield you could show me if I could only pick one, especially if I knew my opponent was going to also have an offensive weapon.
Really? You would pick a knife over a large blunt sheet strapped to your arm that can both block and bludegeon your opponent? Disregarding any sharp edges or spikes, a large shield can easily break bones if swung at someone.
In a knife vs. shield fight, the shield is an easy victor.
My original analogy is breaking down pretty fast here. I was trying to make the point that a purely defensive stance has to work 100% of the time, while an offensive weapon can serve both purposes to an extent. If I had known it was going to go this direction, I would have used the example of a Kevlar vest.
To answer your question though, 100% maybe. If my option was a butter knife. No. If we’re talking about it decent 12 in knife or claymore or similar. Yes I would. If the flight is that dire, you can take a hard hit with a shield a couple of times, perhaps even a bone breaking one to an arm, and keep moving at a reduced capacity. As long as you can reach around one time and put the blade between their ribs while they’re swinging a heavy shield, the fight is over. The point I’m trying to make, is that defense has to work 100% of the time, while offense only has to work once to do their respective jobs.
That’s a spork…
It’s more like a Swiss army knife. It has a lantern in it as well.
I’ve never been on the “ban all guns” side of the argument. I’ve had access to them since I was 10 and was a line coach when I was in the Navy. I’m just glad to see some of us on the left start to get it.
Navy as well. Was an FC, but got sent to Sami school because our SecO didn’t trust any of the GMs to run his armory. lol. That was a fun cruise.
I was an stg, but because of “optimal manning” live fire exercises were made up of people throughout weapons dept.
Okay then… don’t be surprised if they start shooting back.
I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.
– some fraud from florida
I got in trouble for quoting that on Facebook. If it’s not appropriate to say on Facebook, it’s not appropriate to say on a campaign trail
Quoting a fact and getting in trouble is a larger issue.
Well I mean it was the Kirkaversary, what would that be without Republican stochastic terrorism?
With or without gang violence?
*Dies
Died doing what he loved, being a racist.
Claims to be pro-life
*Dies anyway
That still gets a chuckle out of me 😂
Meanwhile i get banned from bluesky for saying the IDF are just as bad as Hamas
Arguably the IDF is worse than Hamas
MUCH worse.
Contrary to Hasbara gaslighting, Hamas are mostly untrained civilians and extremely under equipped volunteer soldiers fighting against the oppression and wanton slaughter of one of the most advanced, powerful and numerous militaries in the world.
Israel could create a peaceful one state solution within a year if they wanted to. They have that power, but they’ve been actively choosing not to exercise it for 80 years.
They don’t want to because they see Palestinians as less than animals. Israel is basically the nazis now.
Yeah, I don’t get it. I thought the Bluesky people loved to explain “lesser evil voting”. Odd.
It’s run by israel-first douchebags.
