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 threadNick's worldAug 16, 2023
@futurebird Yeah, but how will it be? What, are people going to shoot up government buildings? Are we going to have another uni-bomber? Seriously. If people get armed and start protesting, its going to be a world of pain for normal folks just trying to live their lives peacefully. This will not go over well and the government will arrest those who cause discord in a violent manner. It's not the 1800's. It's 2023. We don't have to turn into savages to prove a point plus, in racial riots specifically, Black people don't attack other communities, they destroy their own first. It's happened so many times where people will loot Black-owned stores and businesses and start setting their own people on fire and for what, to prove a point? It just doesn't make sense. Sure, you get news coverage and then what, it just means people will fight against you, not work with you politically. I believe in the Dr. King way of doing things. Violence never solves problems.
Show threadflere-imsaho 🇺🇦Aug 16, 2023
@gocu54 nick, you're a racist gobshite. i'm telling you that just in case you're not aware.
Show threadNick's worldAug 16, 2023
@mawhrin What makes you say this? you can't really talk shit without context. How about putting away your weapons and texting me like a real adult?
Show threadflere-imsaho 🇺🇦
@gocu54 i just did. (and unabomber's name was kaczyński.)
Aug 16, 2023 at 9:13pmWeb
Show threadNick's worldAug 16, 2023
@mawhrin yes, I know this. I just didn't know how to spell it. Anyway man, just calm down and we can have an actual conversation. Come on. What's calling me names gonna do? It's not gonna prove a point is it? It's not going to make you worthy to be heard. It's only going to make others see you as someone who's words have no real meaning because you have no case to make.
Show threadflere-imsaho 🇺🇦Aug 16, 2023

@gocu54 i made my case. and you chose to be more offended by being qualified as a racist and a gobshite than by making racist remarks (which you made, that's why i called you racist.)

your ignorance is a choice, own it.

Show threadNick's worldAug 16, 2023
@mawhrin How am I a racist person? I made no remarks of the sort. Without real evidence, you have no case. I love all people, no matter the color. I always have and that will never change. Hell, I can't even tell color physically anyway so I really don't care if I'm being honest.