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The fact that anything that isn't fawning over the man is considered hate is what's scary. His assassination was instantly weaponized to foment even more hate a

The fact that anything that isn't fawning over the man is considered hate is what's scary. His assassination was instantly weaponized to foment even more hate against the Left. There was leftist terrorism in the 70's (e.g., The Weather Underground), but nothing I'm aware of since. They define Antifa as a terrorist group but it's just a collection of young men who want to get into brawls with extremists on the other side -- like some sort of Fight Club. The President has declared his desire for his political opponents to be jailed -- and he's surrounded by enablers who are more than willing to do that. Worse yet, a significant chunk of the population is totally okay with that.

krapp 1y ago
This isn't just about "the left." A significant number of people on the right want this to be the catalyst for a campaign of violence against gay people, and trans people in particular. They never fail to mention "trans activism" or something similar when talking about the shooter. They concocted this whole elaborate conspiracy theory about "trans groomers" years ago, and I'm absolutely certain that a lot of the recent online safety legislation has the goal of surveilling the trans community. Worst case scenario would be declaring being gay and transgender people mentally ill and indoctrinated into "radical left-wing ideology" and then force detransitions and conversion therapy, and shut down their communities, or best case scenario a couple more chuds are radicalized to mass murder. Although since spree killing minorities is common enough to be considered a pastime in the US, the latter was probably going to happen anyway.
- pstuart 1y ago
  Yeah, by "Left" I meant "everybody who's not MAGA", because that's pretty much how they see the world. That "our" president is actively demonizing everybody who is not a loyalist fills me with dread. Stochastic terrorism is a very real threat. If we make it out of this dark period we're going to have some serious lessons to learn and to make sure they last across generations.

krapp 1y ago

This isn't just about "the left." A significant number of people on the right want this to be the catalyst for a campaign of violence against gay people, and trans people in particular. They never fail to mention "trans activism" or something similar when talking about the shooter. They concocted this whole elaborate conspiracy theory about "trans groomers" years ago, and I'm absolutely certain that a lot of the recent online safety legislation has the goal of surveilling the trans community. Worst case scenario would be declaring being gay and transgender people mentally ill and indoctrinated into "radical left-wing ideology" and then force detransitions and conversion therapy, and shut down their communities, or best case scenario a couple more chuds are radicalized to mass murder. Although since spree killing minorities is common enough to be considered a pastime in the US, the latter was probably going to happen anyway.

pstuart 1y ago
Yeah, by "Left" I meant "everybody who's not MAGA", because that's pretty much how they see the world. That "our" president is actively demonizing everybody who is not a loyalist fills me with dread. Stochastic terrorism is a very real threat. If we make it out of this dark period we're going to have some serious lessons to learn and to make sure they last across generations.