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Florida man pleads guilty to threatening to kill a Supreme Court justice
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How I feel about this very much depends on which justice he threatened to kill.
I'm mildly surprised there hasn't been more reactionary stochastic terrorism from the left. I guess we still have optimism while the right has had it beaten out of them every day by the news and, well, I have to assume they make their own daily lives pretty miserable anyway.
It isn't happening as much from the left because we understand that the full power of the state will be used to crush the left violently and without remorse in a way that doesn't happen to those on the right.
Imagine if the actions on January 6 were done by leftists. What do you think we would have seen play out instead?
Depends if they were all white
The Left is smarter. Interpret that however you like.
More to lose, as well.
The problem is that the left are the good people, lmao. That's why it takes so long until they start pushing back. Everything has to really go to shit until the left are picking up the pitchforks. It's a bit tragic ngl
Maybe the secret ingredient is human empathy. Not that crazies are unique to the right by any means, but the organized effort to dehumanize and attack segments of the population has gone disproportionately mainstream on that side of the spectrum. So many talking points involve a vaguely-defined "enemy" of some kind. It's unfortunate that people get sucked into it, but you can't really blame the individuals when the leaders they look up to are actively working to mobilize them in that way as a political strategy.
I guess the ideological space the left fills at the moment just isn't one that requires that type of anger to support. There are certainly issues to get angry about, but in general it's just taking that low-hanging fruit of giving your fellow humans the same respect you would want for yourself and your loved ones, even if they seem different or weird to you.
Yeah I suspect you're right.
Is it??? Anyone calling public servants with death threats I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with
When the SC publishes ethical rules legalizing bribery, they’re inviting anyone with a sense of justice to take matters into their own hands.
We need a Batman but unfortunately its because of billionaires that cause this. Could we crowd source one?
Calling the current Supreme Court "public" servants is a stretch. 🤷♂️
true lol
This guy would be advocating against killing Hitler in 1943 because he's a "public servant".
Agreed but unfortunately they haven’t named the justice yet.