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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (15 children)

I’m as anti-fascist as the next person, but protecting a company from vandalism isn’t as fascist as you seem to want to think it is. Vandalism is illegal. They are law enforcement. That’s how that relationship works.

Would you say the same thing if they stood in front of a business that was under threat of being vandalized by MAGA clowns because they are publicly pro-diversity? At best I’d say the argument lies in the fact that they probably don’t need that many people, but we don’t really know what the reason was to load up that many stooges to protect that particular location.

Maybe some dumbass called in a threat?

Either way… go on and downvote away. I’m fully aware this isn’t the place for nuanced discussion.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Would you say the same thing if they stood in front of a business that was under threat of being vandalized by MAGA clowns because they are publicly pro-diversity?

Show me that news article.

At best I’d say the argument lies in the fact that they probably don’t need that many people, but we don’t really know what the reason was to load up that many stooges to protect that particular location.

Show of fascist force.

Maybe some dumbass called in a threat?

Yeah, Elon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

Show me that news article.

It’s a hypothetical. Look around. Communities like this use hypotheticals as the entire basis of their arguments seemingly ALL the time.

Show of fascist force.

By account of excessive use of persons? I’d agree. It’s wasteful. But stepping aside and allowing people to vandalize property just because it aligns with your personal belief is now how things work. This opens the gates for others to justify destroying your shit because they disagree with it.

Oh, and it doesn’t take being “Elon” to think it takes a dumbass to threaten physical damage to a person or place because they disagree with the owner’s politics-

It just takes being a mature adult that understands how nuance works.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess I’m just saying it’s fascism because they always seem to protect the same side. Big business and the rich and powerful. We’re still missing the main parts of it being a dictator controlling who’s targeted, so we’re using the word hyperbolically.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That’s not what fascism is.

I swear, that definition seems to change per-topic to cover whatever the popular opinion needs it to.

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