• psvrh@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    If the political left and/or minorities engaged in the levels of political violence that the right does, the reaction would be swift and severe.

    Recall that American conservatives were supportive, if not outright pushing for, firearms restrictions when it was the Panthers bearing arms.

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      10 months ago

      Exactly. You can’t use the same kind of threats to stop this. It takes doing something like enforcing the laws against threats