People are concerned about authoritarian overreach, so the state decides to step in and do authoritarian overreach in response.
I would like to hear all the very strong and principled second amendment “don’t tread on me” cosplayers, who have been lathered up about this very danger my whole life, explain to me why they aren’t setting up sniper positions right now to counter the deployment of these troops.
“Those people are inherently bad and I’m inherently good, so it’s not ok when they do it and ok when I do it.”
That’s effectively it.
Essentialism is the philosophy that they themselves don’t know is driving their actions. Trump is good, so when he breaks the law, it’s immoral to punish him. Protestors are bad, so even when they follow the law they deserve punishment.
At their level of understanding, similarly guns and the second amendment are needed to defend goodness from badness. Therefore there’s no contradiction.
Because it was always about hating on others, never about freedom.
Now that the hating-on-others people are in power and authoritarian overreach is leveled at those others, you suddenly see what really motivated these people all along.
That’s because the state has its fingers on its ears and is yelling “LALALALALA” instead of listening to the concerns of the people. That way, they can pretend to not know what this is about, and pretend that the top priority for Democrats is to provide health care to undocumented people.
People are concerned about authoritarian overreach, so the state decides to step in and do authoritarian overreach in response.
I would like to hear all the very strong and principled second amendment “don’t tread on me” cosplayers, who have been lathered up about this very danger my whole life, explain to me why they aren’t setting up sniper positions right now to counter the deployment of these troops.
“Those people are inherently bad and I’m inherently good, so it’s not ok when they do it and ok when I do it.”
That’s effectively it.
Essentialism is the philosophy that they themselves don’t know is driving their actions. Trump is good, so when he breaks the law, it’s immoral to punish him. Protestors are bad, so even when they follow the law they deserve punishment.
At their level of understanding, similarly guns and the second amendment are needed to defend goodness from badness. Therefore there’s no contradiction.
The United States really feels like being locked in an asylum with a bunch of the dumbest motherfuckers in the world.
I wish I was this level of stupid. Then maybe I’d be happy.
Nah, just scared differently
Lmao very true
Because it was always about hating on others, never about freedom.
Now that the hating-on-others people are in power and authoritarian overreach is leveled at those others, you suddenly see what really motivated these people all along.
That’s because the state has its fingers on its ears and is yelling “LALALALALA” instead of listening to the concerns of the people. That way, they can pretend to not know what this is about, and pretend that the top priority for Democrats is to provide health care to undocumented people.