Semi-Weekly Discussion Thread - December 2, 2024

[u/tuesday_mod]

INTRODUCTION

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Previous Discussion Thread

[u/NonComposMentisss]

I will say, with almost every tragic event I've witnessed where certain people in social media celebrate, almost always in real life people are much more measured. Like I never heard from family members or coworkers celebrate when that submarine imploded, or when that theater in Moscow was shot up, but there was all sorts of nuts online celebrating it.

This however is different. I work in a very white collar and high educated environment, these are not a group that's normally super ready to jump on the next populist bandwagon, and my coworkers are absolutely giddy. I just walked out of the break room and someone had taped a meme about the bullets being a per-existing condition on the refrigerator, the reactions I've heard from my coworkers range from "good" to "I can't believe this hasn't happened sooner". And basically all the political and non-political spaces on Reddit, from all ideologies, other than this sub and NL are at the least saying he deserved it.

Now I am 100% part of the "murder is bad, actually" side of things, but this sentiment seems to be a vastly outnumbered opinion both online and offline I've never seen before. People, really, really, really hate insurance companies (and for absolutely good reasons).

I would bet there's over a 50/50 chance if the killer is caught they won't be able to find a jury willing to convict him.

[u/psunavy03 → u/NonComposMentisss]

Wonder how many of these people crowing over a man being murdered are the same people losing their minds over “guns in our streets.”

[u/DustySandals → u/psunavy03]

A lot of anarchists and socialists have taken up a more lax stance on guns since they are convinced civil war is coming and that they'll be fighting fascists, whether they let people keep them after their revolution is another thing. Progressives and Liberals on the other hand, still seem be mostly against having guns and the other sub was appalled by people celebrating that CEO's death.

I think personally if Trump is really set on becoming dictator, all those liberals and progressives are about to find themselves very sorry for thinking the police were going to protect them from armed bands of right militias.

[u/psunavy03 → u/DustySandals]

If Trump was hypothetically a dictator, the gun rights movement would hypothetically be the first ones up against the wall.