We need to stop thinking that catching right-wingers in their hypocrisy and exposing it is actually going to achieve something. They know they have a double standard and that they get the clean end of the stick from it. They like that, and want more of it. They know they're doing cancel culture and are anti-freedom of expression. The belief that they might suddenly have a dawning realisation that they've been hypocritical and two-faced and will thereafter either shut up or change their ways is leftist 'pornography plot' daydreaming. We need to accept that they're unashamedly cunts who want non-MAGAs to be second-class citizens in every way possible. So trading blows with them on Twitter and posting gotcha "this you?" screenshots of them saying the opposite shit about George Floyd or whoever is just wasting everyone's time.

Voting is all there is, and that's not a good state of affairs to be in. But it's something you can actually work towards, at least. If you don't intend to vote against them, there's really not much use in complaining when they do their usual reprehensible shit like cost people their livelihoods because they weren't adequately-deferential towards a dead bigot.

[–] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 1 points 3 days ago

You can't win by playing nice is there are no rules for the other side. There is no democracy left in America, and there will be no fair election in 2028 whether Trump is still alive or not.

Anyway, Tyler Robinson showed there is another way. Am I saying Robinson specifically is a good guy? No. But realistically, evil leaders and administrations have been stopped by good guys fighting back with violence, and then stopping when the goal has been achieved and returning to peace. The difference between good and bad isn't non-violence and violence, but restrained violence to achieve the goal of peace and violence as the goal itself.