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If the Nidal Hasan Execution Is Livestreamed, We Are a Barbaric Nation (newrepublic.com)
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[–] 4 points 2 days ago* (3 children)

I'm trying man. I vote, I volunteer, I protest, I work my ass off to educate myself and others around me. I'm careful about how I spend my time, attention and money and support people and causes I see as useful. I train, practice and prepare for if and when things get violent. I work with others in my community to make myself and those around me more resilient. I see hateful signs and stickers and I take them down and actively confront hateful dipshits around me.

So what do you suggest I do more? And would you do that yourself?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    In a just world that would be more than enough. Sadly Trump's America isn't just anymore. It's extreme. What it sounds like to me is you're preparing for war, while i Trump is actively waging war.

    Would I do more than you are now? No. But I have much to lose and people who depend on me and I can't actively resist. Were I to find myself with inoperable cancer, or at my end, family deported etc, I'm not sure with anything to lose I could say I'd be inactive. That's what most surprises me about Americans now, is that there's so few people willing to go to the extremes when they have nothing to lose. It boggles my mind actually.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    I see. So you are advocating that others do something you yourself aren't willing to do. That's kind of the problem, you aren't the only one who "has anything to lose". Everyone has something to lose and it's incredibly difficult to do what I think you're getting at. Yeah most people aren't doing even the bare fucking minimum but everyone from the outside looking is like "why aren't they picking up guns and just shooting?".

    Well there's some very simple and some very complicated reasons for that. Most people aren't psychopaths or murderers until things are bad enough and they are affected directly and even then people have to get pushed pretty far.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    I'm not American and I'm not visiting until I'm sure it's no longer fascist. America is not my responsibility. It's the responsibility of Americans, and I don't see anything responsible happening down south at all.

    There must be millions of citizens affected by Trump policies now, and there's been two sad assassination attempts only. That's what I'm getting at. Where's the disgruntled ex military guy, or the no more Medicare guy? They're all absent. I'm not asking family men and women to get results.

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