Well, I guess that forces me to wade back in briefly.
I’m sure plenty of us have said something like that once. Good luck finding a bunch of other examples to form a pattern in my posting. I was particularly triggered by his tweet about Greta Thunberg. I shouldn’t have gone there, but I did. I’m not proud of it. I also did stop short of explicitly wishing for anyone’s death.
I also see a pretty massive difference between my post and a wish for another 9/11, or suggesting that we should begin preparing to take violent action.
You have put it out there that you believe the time for violence is near, if it’s not here already. I think that is unacceptable rhetoric. It’s unfair to take anyone else’s lone worst post in anger and compare your body of work to it to create a false equivalence.
Show me where I’ve suggested it’s time for violence. Show me where I’ve wished for a terror attack to be carried out. Show me where I’ve opined that not enough Congressional Republicans were shot.
Whole thread seems like a line between those afraid of when keeping it real goes wrong, and the others.
I assume the lack of ever personally posting like that has me a little less worried if receipts are ever read - same reason I don’t vote tho. I’m an open coward.
At what point is it okay to opine that way cuse? You going to whimper your way into totalitarian rule? I’m okay with that. Seems like maybe you need to answer some questions internally.
Rah rah’ing the resistance isn’t so fun when the shit starts hitting the fan.
I only read a few of the political threads and I’m behind on Trump and a few others. Still seems like his sentiments don’t differ from the average CTH reddit poster. Basically he’s Fly without the dunking on the other side.
Seems like he’s being ostracized for takes that aren’t that outside the window for normal lefty takes right now. He may be lacking content beyond that, but that seems like an odd qualifier.
He’s fly without any humor, wit, or taste, and to be honest I don’t recall fly calling for us to start shooting Senators.
Also, fly got banned for being out of line all the time. He’s learned to color within the lines and the forum was better for that. At least it was when Wookiee was running th show.
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I care. This is a community discussion about what standards we want to have, I’m giving my 2 cents.
I’d like this to be a place for grown-ups to talk about politics and not for 4chan edgelords to constantly jerk off to fantasies of murdering Tiffany Trump.
I could be wrong, but it seems like you’re playing games, trying to find the line, and trying to be humorous. And I think some of your posts are funny.
Is this right? Because if you’re really in complete earnest all the time, then banning you is a more serious matter. If you’re just playing games, I don’t know if that means a ban is more needed or not, but it’s just a game as well, so no big.
I agree with a lot of what you said, JT. But I just want to be clear that this has nothing to do with liking or disliking NotBruceZ. I can’t recall us having a debate or disagreement on anything other than referencing/calling for/dreaming of violence.
I’m frustrated by that stuff, but there’s no backstory to this, no bad blood, etc. If he’d knock it off I have no issue with him. But he’s basically on the record for this being what he believes in. I don’t know why anyone is trying to make it out to be a joke, given his posting history.
I honestly feel like Bruce’s posts are necessary to move the Overton window when it comes to how we deal with certain political groups destroying the country for their own personal gain.
Maybe the people on 2p2 who saw us as some sort of a lefty Stormfront or 8chan were onto something. Seems like a lot of people here are fans of what is at best edgelording with violent posts and at worst the beginnings of advocating for violence.