Ah, that could be the case I guess. But it’s not that i had a feeling of inconsistency: it’s just that I could understand how someone may see “violence is unacceptable” followed by “but glad he’s dead” to be disingenuous or some form of hypocrisy without thinking much about it; wouldn’t be the first time that I’ve had such a discussion.

A shortcut to understanding would be: I’d feel the same way if he had been killed by terminal cancer. I hate cancer, and I’d rather we lived in a world without it, and I’d have empathy for him and those who know him. But such a person being gone would still tip the cosmic scales towards a less hateful and othering world. Doesn’t make it right, doesn’t mean he deserved it, doesn’t mean I’d cheer for cancer.

Honestly, I’m a little surprised.

Normally people quote something like that when they’re trying to point out something damning or draw attention to something that’s internally inconsistent… Is that what you mean?

The sanewashing I’ve seen is wild. People crawling out of the woodwork to yap about him being a martyr for dialogue. Saw someone say “we sent a messenger and they shot him”… Aside from the fact that we know nothing about the shooter or their motive, buddy: have you seen the ‘message’? Because, yikes. I don’t think he deserved being killed and i condemn such violence, but i must acknowledge that the world is a better place; that’s just how the cookie crumbles when you live life as a morally bankrupt promoter of abject evil.

Fascism isn’t good for fascists either. Surprise: most people aren’t psychopaths. You can get a lot of milage out of social reinforcement, dehumanization, and group dynamics; but this will always be the ultimate result. The ideology of a genocidal ethnostate is inherently destructive, even to itself.

No thanks

Could it be because they’re a zealous ethnostate in the midst waging a genocide? Or perhaps there’s some other minute nuance being overlooked… I guess we’ll never know. A mystery for the ages.

What a timeline…

TELL ME ABOUT GAY SEX DAMN IT! DESCRIBE IT TO ME IN VIVID DETAIL! LEAVE NOTHING OUT!

“Government is bad” *governs badly “SEE?”

…yeah. Every time.

Are there real concerns? Yes, some. Are there tons of misinformation campaigns actively trying to push anti-immigrant narratives and fake statistics to fearmonger and activate conservatives? Absolutely.