It is a path to […] deeper entrenchment of the forces the Left opposes
“Unlike if we just show that we won’t resist, which will totally not lead to deeper entrenchment of ICE! We just need to show that we won’t resist guys! That way they will realize that what they are doing is mean and bad and they will stop doing it!”
They even have copaganda “Even Law Enforcement Officers Think This Has Gone Too Far” published the same day
more political weakness
I don’t think we can really exceed the political weakness of the Dems no matter what we do.
Kier starmers labour party is trying its hardest
New Labor? More like Nu Labor because it fucking sucks amirite
(I actually like nu metal this is just a bit )
More political weakness in Amerikkka? Help me out because I’m not seeing the negatives bud
epidemiologist
really makes you think!
it definitely made me think wtf an epidemiologist had to do with the subject matter.
Gun deaths can (and should) be treated as a public health matter. This particular epidemiologist seems to have a bad take, but that’s definitely a productive way to frame the discussion in general. Of course, the rising tide of fascism also impacts public health.
Thinking of violence of a disease. I get why they are thinking this. Violence will spread if the vector (guns, I guess) increase.
The issue is the implicit belief that escalation is a disease that should be avoided. If you flip the script and instead invoke herd immunity or the proliferation of anti-bodies to prevent further harm you get a very different take.
“Political power comes out the mouth of an epidemiologist who doesn’t know how to stay in their lane.”
— Mao Zedong, probably
authoritarianism
so tired of this baby-brained liberal bullshit. how about saying “nazism/fascism/white supremacy” instead of trying to punch at those who would actually stop this shit with force
Why would they tell on themselves
😌
Robespierre famously told the San-Cullottes to stay home and not take up arms
It’s a really bad article. Dipshit liberal academic. If you took her arguments to their conclusions we’d actually want to be arming right-wingers because they’ll all kill themselves and shoot each other during arguments, which is obviously nonsensical.
Also praises solidarsnoc.
“In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.” ~ Kwame Ture.
Turned out, socialist governments had conscience. Also:
“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them” - Assata Shakur
Again, socialist governments did
My wine-liberal wife bought a gun and now she’s struttin’ ‘round, spurs a-janglin’, quick drawing repeatedly and spittin’ all over the place. Not even close to the spitoon.
This cannot continue. And she drank all the sarsaparilla.
All of it??
All of it.
That wife’s name? Annie Oakley
You know what they say pardner, sometimes you eat the bear…
Now if one were to engineer an epidemic specifically targeting ice agents, say by interfering with their face masks, that’s what epidemiologist might know about and should write an article
Damn it’s that bad? Maybe someone should tell that to ICE
We’re not the peace party, we’re the give you a piece of my mind party
An upcoming Jacobin article…
Our hints in seasoning the boot so it’s more flavorful!
How exactly does being an epidemiologist make u an authority on guns and gun ownership
It’s based off public health studies where they make the case that more guns equals more deaths by homicide and suicide. That leads public health advocates to argue that guns need to be banned or more heavily regulated.
You could say the same things about cars. The pollution, micro plastics, and traffic deaths are a good reason to ban cars and make public transit the primary mode of transportation (which I want) but they don’t do that…the car lobby is far more powerful than the gun lobby (surprising right?)
They hated authority so much that are now sourcing professional Information from non-authority figures on the topic.
To be fair this is better, because now there’s no worry about the person in question committing the appeal to authority fallacy
Also this just whataboutauthorityism
It’s like a new flavor of asking a CEO about physics.
