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garth | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 Not sure about that, I think they are just really naive. COVID really opened my eyes to the need for a well armed and civil society. Speaking as a non US person.
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TheGuySwann | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +5 
 Violent because they are misinformed is exactly the same as violent because they are evil. Makes no difference if the result is the same.

Get them talking about it, you will see their anger and hate rise, and they will pour the blame onto millions who had nothing to do with anything they hate, and openly and explicitly show relief to have them attacked by the state.

That is violence, whether for naive reasons or not.
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garth | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Ok end result is violence, not going to argue that, but the misinformed/uneducated masses don’t think they are advocating for violence. That was my point. It takes a bit to get your head around this point in my view. Took me a government fabricated global pandemic…
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TheGuySwann | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I do agree with this. Ignorant is the proper term, I think.
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garth | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Isn’t the ultimate conclusion from this realisation that government simply shouldn’t exist? If they shouldn’t have a monopoly on violence, then what are they good for? “Absolutely nothing, say it again”