myrmepropagandistAug 16, 2023

If the idea of violent protests don't make you at least little scared I wonder how well you know history. At the same time, real change almost never happens without people putting their bodies on the line.

The right understands this far better than your average liberal/moderate. To be a moderate is to trust that existing systems will (mostly) work.

If those systems fail? What then? To even consider this is moderate treason.

(Cartoons by Mattie Lubchansky https://thenib.com/author/mattie-lubchansky/ )

Mattie Lubchansky

Mattie Lubchansky is the Associate Editor of the Nib and a cartoonist and illustrator living in Queens, NY. Their work has appeared in New York Magazine, VICE, Eater, Mad Magazine, Gothamist, The Toast, The Hairpin, Brooklyn Magazine, and their long-running webcomic Please Listen to Me. They are the co-author of Dad Magazine (Quirk, 2016) and the author of the Antifa Supersoldier Cookbook (Silver Sprocket, 2021).

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Show threadmyrmepropagandistAug 16, 2023

It's *not* a good thing that one side has all the guns.

I saw a photo a few days ago. I think it was titled. "Vermont politics" -- in it a scruffy cheerful white man held a gun and a sign. The sign said something like "Respect my trans daughter and my right to bear arms!" (did anyone else see this?)

Some people were annoyed at the guy for being so into guns. I could only think how glad I was for his daughter that he had one.

Show threadbrocolie (tots not a vampire)Aug 16, 2023

@futurebird This is completely absurd.

That daughter is more at risk due to guns being in her household, than any chance of their presence ever protecting her.

Show threadmyrmepropagandist

@brocolie

Maybe.

Aug 16, 2023 at 12:51pmWeb
Show threadapophisAug 16, 2023
@futurebird @brocolie fwiw every reply i've faved on this thread i did so in agreement

especially the ones that directly contradict each other
Show threadapophisAug 16, 2023
@futurebird @brocolie an armed insurrection by the left is a complete fucking joke no matter how you look at it

but on an individual level we're dealing with homicidal creeps - *privileged* homicidal creeps - who very likely do not have the integrity or fortitude or incentive to commit if faced with a target that they know or believe can shoot back