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No offence, but I can tell you've lived an extremely sheltered life if you've never had to resort to violence.
The reality is that sometimes violence comes to you, whether you like it or not, and you can't use diplomacy to stop it.
Do you think the children in African villages can use diplomacy to stop murderous warlords who make piles of bodies on the streets? Or eat still-beating childrens' hearts because they're told it will give them strength?
I do one day hope for a world where diplomacy solves everything, but when people want power and control and they don't care who they kill or maim to get it and keep it, you dont always get the choice of diplomacy, because they despise your existence. They dont value your life. You're scum to them, and they abhor that you're still breathing.
Yeah, America might a ways off a full-blown civil war, but its coming whether they like it or not because the alternative is a life of complete slavery and servitude, and the elites looove to use violence. It's their main tool.
I wish I could be as ignorant of history and reality as you.
I hope you have a good day too, mate.
I live "an extremely sheltered life" because I don't resort to violence?! Say wat, mate?! Do you realize that most people in the us have never been in a fight or needed to be?!
The US isn't going to have a civil war, a revolution, and it's not going to be toppled anytime soon. lol I know that makes Lemmy really really mad and the doomers want everything to end now. Not gonna happen. Stay mad.
Lemmy is full of extremists who want the world to end. It's not going to, so accept it.
Feel free to be angry at the world. You do you. I'm fine and happy where I am. Today is beautiful and I'm gonna go watch the kids fly kites today. So smiles and laughing are the agenda today.
Good luck out with being mad all the time. I'm not gonna go that route.
You claiming all of lemmy is one homogenized group and saying we're all angry ... while you're on here, too?
Yeah, you sound pretty mad bro. You do you.
Good point. So...MOST of lemmy is angry is more accurate. In fact, you can see it in this very thread.
People have left lemmy because of all the negativity. Lemm.ee shut down because of the negativity and burnout that it was causing. Bruh, I'm getting downvoted because I don't advocate violence. Does that sound welcoming and friendly to you? lololol
Heck, even lemmings.world is shutting down in July because the admin said that he was disappointed in how much Lemmy had devolved into politics, extremism, and negativity. He said he loved the idea of it, but now it's just politics and arguing now: https://lemmings.world/post/41938713
More examples: https://piefed.social/c/fedimemes/p/1825718/hurts-every-time
Look around. I'm not the only one to think this. My fiance lasted one week on Lemmy before she got tired of the negativity and anger. Then she deleted her account.
But don't worry, I'm not leaving. I'm being the change I wanna see. And I'm never going to advocate violence either.
My life is awesome and filled with love and activity. I'm not gonna join on on the doomer brigade. Hope you have a great day.
I mean, you kinda just proved their point that you've lived a sheltered life with little to no issues tho...
By posting politics?...
This is a news article in a news community. This isn't a political community. Look at my posts. The vast majority of my posts are general news articles. So yes, being the change I wanna see.
It involves the attempted assassination of a prominent political figure, ergo, political.
It was a news article about a man who was convicted for a crime. It's not a political article, and this isn't a political community. I get that you really really love politics and "debating." There are plenty of communities on Lemmy for that. This is a news community, for the posting of news articles. I'm sure you love c/politcs, and I'm sure you get plenty of upvotes to make your day. I'm not part of it, nor will I be. Thx
This isn't a random crime though. I don't think the president of the united states' gets valid, state funded assassination attempts often. That's what makes this political. And political news is still news, so that alone wouldn't invalidate this being posted on a news community.
This is a news article, for a news community. You can keep going all you want, but I'm not going to change my mind. Most of Lemmy is political, so you have plenty of places where you can have a nice 8 hour "debate" on politics. This isn't a political community tho. Thx.
I get that it's a news article, yes. It's a political one though. Political news is still news and would therefore be valid for a news community.
Non political news would be something like "scientists discover new animal species that flows n the dark" or "multiple cats have disappeared at the same time in this neighborhood".
I'm just giving you an fyi because it seems it's your intention to not post political stuff and you seem to be having a bit of trouble discerning what's political and what isn't. At least, if you want to be that "change" you claim. Anything involving a politician and a government is definitely political, especially if it involves a political motive (in this case, ending or slowing actions on an illegal war) and will therefore attract political discussion. In this case, the politician being the US president and the government being Iran.
If it was an assassination attempt of a non-politician by someone not involved with a government, done for non political reasons, it would just be regular news, not political news.
This is a news article posted to a news community. It's not a political article, nor is this a political community. If you have concerns or questions about that, please message the mod. thx.
Austin, read what I did. I'm not disagreeing with your first sentence. I'm just explaining to you why this very much of a political article.
And I disagree with you, because I don't think it's a political article. We can agree to disagree. Thanks and I hope you have a great day.
You can disagree gravity is real too. Am opinion is not a fact.
We can. You have an opinion, and I have one. Neither one is more valid than the other. You gave your opinion. I gave mine. Thx and hope you have a great day.
Violence is very often the answer chosen by our state, whether that be ICE's ongoing rounding up of minorities to throw them in camps, or the bombing of schools in Iran, or the funding of an ongoing genocide in Gaza. Police in the US repeatedly murder racial minorities. George Floyd, Sonia Massey, Breonna Taylor. Homeless people, the most vulnerable of us, are regularly forced to move via violence or are incarcerated. Which leaves them in a systemic loop of violence that makes it difficult to ever recover. The progress made in this country was never made without violence, the civil rights movement was filled with it. When you claim that it's unacceptable for regular people to ever resort to violence, you legitimise the state's monopoly on it as a method. Very few of us, including those on lemmy, desire a civil war, and violence as a method of creating change is not without it's merits, nor does it mean we have a civil war. Voting can only go so far in a rigged political system, and it is important to remember that we learned how to deal with fascism during WW2.
I don't believe in violence. And I will never advocate violence.
Also, Lemmy is comprised mostly of keyboard warriors who don't even leave their houses to vote, much less start a revolution. No revolution or civil war will be happening in the US. lol
I don't necessarily desire a revolution or civil war, But if you want to make claims about the voting status of Lemmy users, you can't just pull that one out of your ass, my dude. This platform is definitely left leaning, and it's definitely comprised of a lot of geeks. I would question, do you think that the Holocaust could have been stopped without the use of force? If someone broke into your home and threatened your life, do you think that the appropriate response would be to let them do whatever they want? Most people in that situation would call the police, which is a form of violence.
I don't advocate violence, and I never will. Let's agree to disagree.
Why don't you answer the questions? Let's agree to disagree is just a deflection technique.
I answered the questions. I said I will never advocate violence. No matter how many whataboutisms you have, there is no "gotcha!" here.
I don't, and will never, advocate violence. Let it go.
You're not really answering the question. If what you say is true, then that means you would not defend yourself or a loved one against violence? Simple yes, or no. Saying no simply confirms your stated stance.
I'm not going to advocate for violence, no matter what you say or ask. Feel free to keep trying all you want, but I'm not going to change my mind or change my answer. :)
So yes, or no? A no simply means that indeed, you do not "advocate for violence". It's just a clarification confirming that, no matter what possible scenario happens, you still won't support the use of violence.
Not clarifying that, while stating "no matter what you say or ask" is non-committal, as if you're trying to give an answer that excludes the possibility of self defense but don't want to admit it simply so that you appear pacifista absoluto.
I’m not going to advocate for violence. thx and hope you have a great day