Fuck all this “let’s not celebrate the gruesome murder of a political opponent” bullshit, the man was a stochastic terrorist. Let’s dunk on the douchebag and piss on his grave together. I hope more fascists like him get it through the neck

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    1 month ago

    Prepare how? Stock up on range toys and ammo, like some people on here are saying?

    That’s not going to be nearly enough - they wrote 2A based on the assumption that there will always be more than enough white supremacist goons to overwhelm any leftist resistance - and, so far, that assumption has proved perfectly correct. The people at Blair Mountain was armed to the teeth - so were the people in Greenwood. US-style “gun culture” has never served the left very well - I’d argue that it actually does something even worse than nothing… it lulls leftists into a sense of false security.

    I’m not saying arming yourself is a bad thing… but the idea that firearms mean automatic salvation is a peculiarly US-only idea that has more to do with pop culture than reality.

    The left has been playing nothing but defense since the Culture War began, and it just took four years of Biden’s liberal counter-insurgency to sweep even that under the rug. That’s where the weakness of the left truly lies.

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      1 month ago

      Prepare how? Stock up on range toys and ammo, like some people on here are saying?

      I don’t oppose that, but it needs to be part of a greater plan about how to deal with being targeted by the State for repression. I.e., escape plans, plans for if martial law comes to town, plans for going underground, and plans with the community about how to handle the upcoming oppression.

      My point is more “hey everyone this was cool but there’s gonna be some negative consequences too”.

      That’s not going to be nearly enough

      IMO “stocking up” is necessary but nowhere near sufficient as a solution to weather the upcoming storm. I agree with everything else you said 🙂