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Journal by The Mighty Buzzard
It used to slightly tweak my nose when the weaponized outrage mob on the left complained of not feeling safe. Primarily because they'd say it in response to someone doing nothing but disagreeing with them or even simply saying something they didn't want to hear. Since neither of those remotely implies impending violence, I figured they're either lying or so paranoid that they need to be institutionalized and medicated.
Nowadays though, I count it as a happy thing. Turns out it's usually a combination of them lying and being extremely fragile little pussies. That sets me up to call them out on both counts and I genuinely enjoy doing so.
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Operator, please trace this call and tell me where I am.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Sunday July 28 2019, @02:09AM (1 child)
It doesn't matter whether you like the Representative or not; "she deserves a bullet" could certainly be taken as a call for violence, and/or an attempt to cow her or make her afraid.
You want to criticize her policies? There's plenty there, tear it apart.
But if one's argument is just "I think that person is so disgusting she's not really a person, someone should just shoot her" that's a really bad argument.
I agree with you to a point, I think there have been plenty of outrageous cases of people just being outrageously outraged for the sake of being outraged... that particular example not so much though. That's exactly the kind of bullshit that's killing this country and I think it should not be tolerated regardless of which side it's coming from or who the target is.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday July 28 2019, @04:36AM
No, it's nowhere near the line and it's been nowhere near the line since the first day this nation was founded. Hell, even the meaning of the words does not even imply a threat, just states what they deserve and we all know how often people get that in life. Shit like that is said hundreds of thousands of times a day about government officials without any of them dying or even being inconvenienced. And that's just around my house.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.