• otp@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    I don’t think I’d be considered “young” anymore, but I don’t know if I’d say I support it.

    Is the world better off without him? Yes.

    Did he deserve to die? Yeah, probably.

    Do I want to support vigilantism? Probably not.

    Would it have been better if he had to deal with some terrible incurable and deadly disease? Yeah, if karma was real.

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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      46 minutes ago

      I feel the same way about Brian as I do about trump. Not sad or angry that they got shot, but I’m upset that someone shot at them. In a better world, we would be empowered enough that the answer to these moneygrubbing grift barons would come before violence, unfortunately, when you only react to violence, violence becomes the only answer.

      For my FBI agent… I do not have plans to harm anyone, and this comment is an observation of the current political, social, and equality situation in the US, and not an advocation of violence.

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      6 hours ago

      I’m almost 40. And I support it.

      All other avenues are closed. All the proper and acceptable forms of redress are either coopted or outright captured. Civil, political, or otherwise. Peaceful Protest is universally ignored because it lacks the implicit threat of violence that makes it effective elsewhere in the world.

      “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.” ~ Jean Jacques Rousseau