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Convicted Felon Shot Outside Pittsburgh
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The fuck the high road mentality is what likely motivated the shooter and got us into this mess.
There is no reason to escalate what is already a tense political situation.
Shit is already escalated
We had a violent fucking insurrection in 2020. The fallout is a corrupt supreme court saying that was legal because it was an official act
Shit is already fucked. Either bury your head in the sand and hope the Nazis will respect your integrity or act
I will act through engagement.
When you use escalatory language you just just make the Nazis justify their actions by the response they receive.
In another tense moment in American history, the Civil rights movement of the 1960s, MLK was successful due to not being militant. Peaceful action and the strong overreaction of those against civil rights elicited sympathy in those not involved.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. While having other successes, he was unable to carry out the Poor People’s Campaign. Was violence successful in removing the voice of Martin Luther King Jr.?