Anonymous cheese_of_the_world_unite 1w

Wasn’t that in response to Boston Massacre and followed by Revolutionary War?

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Anonymous #3 1w

Not to mention soldiers quartering in people’s homes and abusing them. Is it happening again?

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Anonymous #3 1w

The Revolutionary War is in fact the act of political violence I am talking about

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Anonymous #3 1w

I mean shit we do in fact have a President increasingly flirting with using the military on his own citizenry, so yeah I’d say the tensions are getting hotter for sure

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Anonymous cheese_of_the_world_unite 1w

That’s a war buddy.

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Anonymous #3 1w

What is a war if not political violence on a large scale? I don’t think there’s any type of violence MORE political than a war.

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Anonymous cheese_of_the_world_unite 1w

The revolutionary war was a response to violence and unfair treatment from the British. The colonies tried to reason with the British multiple times before war broke out. Did the shooter try to have a discussion with Charlie Kirk on the debate stage or did he just go straight to violence?

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Anonymous cheese_of_the_world_unite 1w

Right but you’d be comparing all-out war to a political assassination. Extremely different time, very different context. Why is your first response to justify the assassination? Most people try to distance themselves.

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Anonymous #3 1w

Do you know how many loyalist American politicians got kidnapped, beaten, and assassinated by the Sons of Liberty? A lot of them. When you lend your support to the “I’m sending the military to your house” people then yeah people tend to get mad at you too.

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Anonymous cheese_of_the_world_unite 1w

And we are excusing that how exactly? Political violence existing in America and it belonging in America are totally different things. Why are you trying to justify this?

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Anonymous cheese_of_the_world_unite 1w

Are there soldiers everywhere in people’s houses?

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Anonymous OP 1w

Because I think political violence is actually extremely easy to justify in a time period in which the President actively ignores the checks, balances, and guarantees of our liberal democracy. Conservatives are playing authoritarian games right now, and winning authoritarian prizes.

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Anonymous cheese_of_the_world_unite 1w

You

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Anonymous cheese_of_the_world_unite 1w

Right the Democrat Party won’t even win again, huh.

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Anonymous #4 1w

Did I not say that political violence doesn’t belong in America? This is why I added that last part cause yall will try to spin anything

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Anonymous OP 1w

I’m just saying, everything our Founding Fathers ever wrote justifies political violence when the state starts abusing its authority against her people. Thomas Jefferson was extremely chill with political violence, so were all the rest.

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Anonymous cheese_of_the_world_unite 1w

And you think that violence is the only answer? There is nothing else to do?

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Anonymous #3 1w

Nonviolence only works if you have political efficacy, and the more you erode at the rule of law, the less efficacy people have, and the more likely they are to turn to violence.

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Anonymous OP 1w

But!!! And this is important this “political violence doesn’t belong in America spin” only came after one of YOUR GUYS got killed. Not about people on the opposing side. You want to believe it now but it’s hypocritical when you didn’t say it then

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Anonymous #4 1w

Don’t straw man me bub I don’t agree with those assassinations either. Political violence has no place in America. Why are you so bent on arguing with me? Do you not agree with that sentiment?

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Anonymous cheese_of_the_world_unite 1w

There is still constant political talk from both sides. Even in Congress, you still have representation. You’re not shut out from everything, there’s opportunity to win if you play right.

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Anonymous #4 1w

When’s the last time you talked about Melissa?

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Anonymous cheese_of_the_world_unite 1w

#3 is right you still have a voice in today’s America. None of the colonists had a voice under the British. They were not at all represented in their government, you still are. And like I said before the Founding Fathers tried multiple times to talk things out with the British before resorting to war. You haven’t answered my question as to whether or not Charlie Kirk’s assassin tried to have a discussion on the debate stage before he resorted to violence (the answer is no)

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Anonymous #4 1w

I don’t see political violence as “your guys” or “my guys” I see it as wrong. How come you’re louder about “your guys” when “my guy” got assassinated than you were when the assassination of “your guys” actually happened

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