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points by urspx 1 day ago | 0 comments
Huh? In what way did the left cross it first?
[–] nexus2045 1 day ago
The radical left celebrated the death of Charlie Kirk. And long before that, they were doing all kinds of harassment on college campuses. And don’t forget about the BLM riots.
[–] Steltek 15 hours ago
The Hortman's, who were actual elected politicians, were assasinated before Kirk so no?

And what does any of that have to do with a Government-run, nation-wide spying operation?

[–] NietzscheanNull 1 day ago
Under the first amendment, Americans have the right to celebrate the death of anyone they please. It might not be tasteful or respectful, it might be inflammatory, but that's an American freedom enshrined in constitutional law; freedom of speech is integral and fundamental to the US national identity.

As to your last point, I don't recall BLM ever storming the capitol and defiling the building by smearing the walls with their own feces, but in any case, rioters are criminals under the law and should be tried and charged according to due process.

[–] bamboozled 1 day ago
They called really racist people Nazi’s as fascists and it went from there.

Not saying I agree but if I had to guess…

[–] sligbad 1 day ago
Calling people Nazis online ... and a state sponsored billion dollar surveillance program ... Are what you're choosing to equivocate?
[–] calculatte 1 day ago
"Calling people Nazis online" has resulted in countless murders, violent riots. Do not downplay it like that.
[–] patagurbon 1 day ago
> countless murders

We can very easily count the murders that happen in the US every year. With the exception of COVID, which was largely due to unemployment and school closures, homicide has dropped precipitously since the invention of “calling people Nazis online”

Where are all these murders caused by calling out racism and fascism?