lobstersalad
8mo ago
It’s true the right definitely does have its revolutionary fantasies but the form is very different (and less realistic) than what you see on the left. The right wing fantasy of political violence seems to be informed by experiences in American history where we fought the British, or the Indians, or each other in the civil war. Cases where there were clear out groups, often uniformed. There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of appetite on the right for random killings of people in their own country for peacefully disagreeing with them. Or for working a job they think is negative utility (Luigi.) Whereas the far left seems to understand that this is what a modern civil war/years of lead/troubles type event looks like.
A good left wing equivalent to Charlie Kirk would be Cenk Uygur. If he was murdered I could definitely imagine some groypers or anime avatar types being smug about it. But I don’t think your normie conservatives would be posting mockery under their real names on Facebook as I’ve seen dozens of leftists do. If a right wing equivalent to Luigi happened (perhaps something like a high level and very woke partner at a law firm getting killed) I don’t think the reaction would be nearly as positive as it was for Luigi. I also think it’s pretty clear these things are less likely to happen in the first place than the reverse
lobstersalad
8mo ago
Posting the second amendment quote is kind of low IQ (every policy position has trade offs) and is pretty tasteless but I wouldn’t consider it beyond the pale. But I wouldn’t want to be around the people actively celebrating it
lobstersalad
8mo ago
The far left looks absolutely terrible right now, and the disgusting celebration of his death is absolutely real but the contrarian in my cannot help but point out:
These types of people bot their likes. Often very blatantly. Some six figure likes could be organic but I’ve seen too many clear cases of botting to take them all at face value
That said it’s obvious that there’s an appetite among many leftists for killing enemies between Luigi and this
lobstersalad
8mo ago
Yeah as a big believer in the fundamental strength of “the system” and very much a “nothing ever happens” guy…seeing the normiesadism from people on my Facebook feed has definitely shaken me. I’m fortunate enough to not call any of these people good friends, although some were once, but it actually hurts in a way. While we weren’t 100% aligned my views definitely align more with Kirk’s views than they do with the left. We’re also the same age, our kids are the same age…would these people be happy at my death too? It is perception shifting and not in a positive way
I can too. I don’t know if I would see literally dozens of people I knew in real life gloating and joking about it under their real names on Facebook though…
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