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Sarah's avatar

More proof that all Internet discourse was perfected and rendered irrelevant by dril

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Lucas Mangum's avatar

The way the mainstream of both sides has embraced political violence (longtime only seen in fringe groups) has been alarming. While I agree the sentiments behind the actions in some cases, I can't help but think we're only perpetuating a harmful cycle. I don't expect it to stop until the next phase of evolution, whenever and whatever that may be.

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Quiara Vasquez's avatar

Yep. The most fucked up tweet I've ever seen - I wish I had saved this but I'll just have to paraphrase it - went something like this: "Honestly, it's great to discover that you're kind of an asshole, because then you can aim your cruelty towards the people who deserve it."

The woman who posted this was ostensibly a leftist, which made it quite strange that she had 1) posted maybe the clearest distillation of fascist sentiment ever written, and 2) positioned it as a moral good, as though the only problem with jackboot thugs is the direction in which they're marching.

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The Musicals We Deserve's avatar

So, the takeaway here is that you are, in fact, not my mom, but you might be my grandma?

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Erin E.'s avatar

That's what I got from it.

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radicaledward's avatar

Precisely

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Chesterton's Fence Repair Co.'s avatar

Man… I like sarcastic Ed.

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radicaledward's avatar

You know, I really try not to be! But sometimes I feel it's warranted.

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