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• billy99k 1y ago
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  • acdha 1y ago
    It’s a point on the same path: if enough people start “joking” about political violence, more people are going to try it. I didn’t want to live in a world where that’s normalized.
    • billy99k 1y ago
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      • frmersdog 1y ago
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_Barack_Obama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_B...
        • billy99k 1y ago
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          • acdha 1y ago
            > Nobody brought a gun and tried to shoot him. The linked page details otherwise, so you’re wrong as a matter of fact in addition to arguing against a claim I never made. I wasn’t saying Obama was shot, I was saying that when a bunch of people started “joking” about shooting politicians we started down the path where some of them would seriously try it and a couple decades later we’re at the stage of multiple political assassinations in a year. Nobody is going to be happy living in a country where that’s normalized, including the people who say they do.
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• mangodrunk 1y ago
  Both are sick and deplorable. I do think it’s fair to say that political violence hasn’t been repudiated enough.
  • acdha 1y ago
    Yes - even most of the people who made those jokes wouldn’t want to live in a world where that’s true. I remember some guys smiling at the assassinations in Minnesota because the shooter targeted Democrats and it was like … guys like that will add someone you like to the list sooner or later. Nobody is safe for long in that world.