Post B0cJwpcFjE2fVQDslk by admin@mastodon.ai8w.ddns.net
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(DIR) Post #B0cJwpcFjE2fVQDslk by admin@mastodon.ai8w.ddns.net
2025-11-25T21:51:59Z
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This is weird...Let's be fair - most of you who I see here on Mastodon lean Left, and most of those who lean Left are opposed to violence, especially when it comes from the Right.Given the last few years - the Trump shooting, the shooting in Utah which killed a famous right-leaning "leader", and the example in the accompanying link, I've got to wonder - is it that both the Left (Democrats, specifically) and the Right (Republicans, specifically) are overly violent, or is it that a few bad actors are making a bad name for the rest of that group with "the other team"?Seriously, this kind of BS has to stop. Violence is only the answer when defending against actual physical violence. Just Stop.https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/waterford-man-charged-death-threats-eradicate-oakland-county-gop-kill-youth-chair
(DIR) Post #B0cKEBpEPLlRJGZRNw by wjmaggos@liberal.city
2025-11-25T21:57:52Z
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@admin I think hacing our social and regular media consumption be so bifurcated where we don't hear or talk to each other makes it worse. as does #AlgoMedia that makes sure people see the most triggering shit.
(DIR) Post #B0cLtowpxITETQXjkm by admin@mastodon.ai8w.ddns.net
2025-11-25T22:17:08Z
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@wjmaggos The fact that most of my left leaning "friends" shunned me back during the Obama years for my predictions (all of which came to fruition) and have never taken me back speaks volumes to this: they exclude people with dissenting opinions, all the while calling anyone with a dissenting opinion a "fascist".You're absolutely correct - if we don't discuss, respectfully, the issues of the day, we'll never learn anything about anything.I don't lean Right. I don't lean Left. I'm pretty Center. I'm a Former-Active-Duty United States Marine, and I'd pick up arms again to defend every citizen's right to be equal - LGBTQ+ rights, equal opportunity for everyone regardless of skin color, creed, orientation, etc... Yes, even my broken ass would still fight to protect someone's right to equality in this country. It's a common meme, but I really REALLY do want to protect the right of my queer neighbors to protect their children and their grow-op with whatever firearms they choose without harassment from "law enforcement", but I'm also far from believing ACAB. Maybe I'm a unicorn? I dunno. I firmly believe we can make more progress and remove more strife and stress by discussing issues rather than fighting about them. I also believe, as previously stated, that violence is never the answer EXCEPT in self-defense or defense of others/property.Shooting at, killing, beating, etc, others solves nothing. I'm tired of it. We need to use our brains rather than our guts to resolve problems.Sadly, it seems that I'm in the minority in that opinion, if Social Media is the measure.
(DIR) Post #B0cRhGKRRVi1Lzykym by mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca
2025-11-25T23:22:07Z
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@wjmaggos @admin My general theory is that the US is a big and violent place, with lots of guns. When there's tension about politics, some people with violent tendencies will take that as a justification to shoot at politicians; but if politics were placid, such people would probably find some other target.