Will Texas please secede from the USA

Sir Napsalot said:
The board also voted to keep in the curriculum a reference to the "heroism" of the defenders of the Alamo, which had been recommended for elimination, as well as Moses' influence on the writing of the nation's founding documents, multiple references to "Judeo-Christian" values and a requirement that students explain how the "Arab rejection of the State of Israel has led to ongoing conflict" in the Middle East.

Mmmmm... that's good brainwashing
Click to expand...
I swear the TrumpubliCONs have lost their mind with power
 
ttystikk said:
Yes.

That's a one way ticket to authoritarianism.

If you thought about it for just one minute, you'd understand why.

That's your problem of late; a chronic lack of thinking things through.
Click to expand...

Being soft on people who want you dead or to suffer or anything other than let you be, is not the right approach. Being soft on people like that has worked literally zero times in history.

How does killing a bunch of Nazi directly lead to authoritarianism?
 
see4 said:
Being soft on people who want you dead or to suffer or anything other than let you be, is not the right approach. Being soft on people like that has worked literally zero times in history.

How does killing a bunch of Nazi directly lead to authoritarianism?
Click to expand...
I've been at the rallies in Portland this summer where fascists flew in from all over the country just so they could confront our liberal city and project white power on our streets. They are in fact fearsome thugs and goons. They show up and number 400 all serious and wearing battle gear. We show up and number 3000. We have clowns, a band and we aren't really prepared for a fight. Don't want to really. They stay behind police barricades for protection because large crowds intimidate them. The few that break out, are confronted by Antifa. The goons are pretty good, I'll give them that. They have broken a few skulls this summer. But the numbers scare them back. Once they start scuffling, police break up the rally. So far, it's working. The key is numbers. We outnumber them 4 or 5 to one. We shout them down and make them look ridiculous. More importantly, we are the locals they are not. We show up in the thousands not just to resist fascists but to send local politicians a message that they had better change their permitting policy or face consequences at the ballot box.

The thing is, we won't let them march in our streets. We surround them and keep them contained then blast them with counter messages. . After seeing the large crowds, they moved their demonstrations to non-federal sites where concealed carry is allowed with a permit and they put the city on notice through the press. Our next step is to convince our city government to disallow their protests. I hope it doesn't take shooting deaths but it looks like that's the only way to force city hall's hand, just like it did in Charlottesville.

Pricks like tty haven't a clue what's going on.
 
see4 said:
Being soft on people who want you dead or to suffer or anything other than let you be, is not the right approach. Being soft on people like that has worked literally zero times in history.

How does killing a bunch of Nazi directly lead to authoritarianism?
Click to expand...

Prevention and restraint are the answer, not trying to actively kill them. It's like putting a rope on a elephant as a baby. Even though later on in life the adult elephant can break free of the rope, you can still use it to lead.

But if you antagonize the elephant it will break free realizing it's true strength and trample you to death out of fear and hatred.

Hatred met with hatred doesn't lead to kindness like you seem to think. All it leads to is more hate by which they'll double down upon you. Both sides then lose.

Getting rid of the friction produces peace. More violence produces it's own just as equally fucked version of alt-hate.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top