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Hey, I recognize that guy! A little long-winded but I have it on good authority he's roguishly handsome. Could use a haircut though.
Outside of a history book, I find no use in the word. My proposal to ban the word "fascist" instead (or in addition) went over like a lead balloon, and I've been told the imp will continue to get long-term bans rather than permanent in the interest of "not creating a certain kind of martyr." I am admittedly surprised by Imp's commitment to that user name there, rather than alting it up.
Any sort of commentary on political violence in a timely manner will summon erstwhile mod Numbers to put an end to the discussion. His suggestion of when it would have been allowed does not escape notice.
As well, what would there be to say? We know how such conversations would go. There's all of, what, 10 active participants in the forum? Even that might be a mild exaggeration. There are things I might learn or things I might try to convince, but I think a conversation there on the assassination attempts would bear even less fruit than most.
While I don't particularly feel like digging for it, my memory is that /r/BlockedAndReported was better on that front. They did have some "wish he hadn't missed" types but considerably more seemingly sincere "left-wing political violence is a serious problem, don't be hypocrites" types. Of course how much that actually changes anything, how they talk with their Blue friends when not in the explicit heretic forum, who knows.
That probably doesn't meet a satisfying standard of improved conversation, but the bar is set so low!
Yes. Doubly so that it wasn't happening during the quiet Biden weeks, either, at a time that 'punch a nazi'-style discourse was pretty endemic.
It would be nice to have an explicit 'political assassination is wrong, even when it's someone we think is really bad'. Because we don't really have that, and I don't know that the conversation would go that way. I was optimistic, once, when I brought Lackey's cancellation up over there. I didn't have high expectations. I don't anymore.
Hm. Not been a huge fan of them in the past, but will take a look. Thanks.
Yes. A good part of the frustration, for me, is that I don't think I'm asking the world and the seven seas.
Definitely a different tone and culture than here or even the schism, and a particular focus that can be frustrating at times. A few other Mottezans have made rounds over the years.
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