Despite warnings from officials urging people not to attend the "No Kings" rally in St. Paul on Saturday due to safety concerns tied to the targeted political shootings of two state lawmakers, thousands made their way to the state Capitol to protest the Trump administration.
I’m so conflicted on this take. On one hand, it sounds a little accelerationist/tankie. On the other hand, you’re not wrong. But they are trying to protect lives by recognizing there is a literal serial murderer on the loose with not only the names and addresses of public officials, but also “no kings” rally flyers.
So it’s a fairly simple trolley problem question in the “what if” scenarios going through an actual concerned public official’s mind. It’s cool people showed up cause they all realized this dude was a coward and will only shoot people who are at an extreme disadvantage, and wouldn’t dare to go public with his violence cause there’s a chance he might get punched in the face a few dozen times before his homies in blue pull him out.
But you really can’t blame this public statement on “Democrats are cowards”, even though it is objectively true.
We can blame the officials. Don’t let the heckler’s veto work. It’s murder of course, but it’s also bullying. And capitulation only makes it worse next time. They’ll always have lunatics with guns.
Democrats being democrats
I’m so conflicted on this take. On one hand, it sounds a little accelerationist/tankie. On the other hand, you’re not wrong. But they are trying to protect lives by recognizing there is a literal serial murderer on the loose with not only the names and addresses of public officials, but also “no kings” rally flyers.
So it’s a fairly simple trolley problem question in the “what if” scenarios going through an actual concerned public official’s mind. It’s cool people showed up cause they all realized this dude was a coward and will only shoot people who are at an extreme disadvantage, and wouldn’t dare to go public with his violence cause there’s a chance he might get punched in the face a few dozen times before his homies in blue pull him out.
But you really can’t blame this public statement on “Democrats are cowards”, even though it is objectively true.
We can blame the officials. Don’t let the heckler’s veto work. It’s murder of course, but it’s also bullying. And capitulation only makes it worse next time. They’ll always have lunatics with guns.
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Sorry for getting rough with you, but we need to stop giving this bullshit a pass.
It’s time to admit we were wrong. I’ve done it and so can you.
No disrespect retrieved! Just on that “take nothing but pictures and leave only footprints” type vibe.