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jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Greg Abbott declares open season on protesters in Texas

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Greg Abbott declares open season on protesters in Texas

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jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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The pardon of Daniel Perry sends a chilling message.
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    Those that make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. - John F Kennedy 1962

    I do hope no violence happens in Texas, I really do.

    Though anyone who has picked up a history book knows how this ends.

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      Americans are at war with their history books

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      The violence already happened.

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        From the police, yes.

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          Worse: From a random citizen that was tried in a court of law and found guilty. The governor used his powers to claim absolution (or worser still: justification).

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        In this context your comment means the violent from protestors/revolutionaries has already happened. That’s why everyone’s confused and asking for clarification

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        You are delusional if you think more will never come.

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          I didn’t say that.

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            Well you used the past-tense “happened”…

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              Yes?
              My comment should not be read as “the violence has already begun and ended, and no more will occur” but rather more like “we are past the point at which violence has begun”. I was implying that violence is not inevitable, it’s already here.

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        What are you exactly referring to?

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          This article is in relation to the pardoning of a man that killed a protester.

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      Yeah the problem is that the other side says the exact thing, with the difference that they aren’t oppressed, they simply lost the “right” to oppress others

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