I'm not saying fascists aren't cruel, I'm saying they will be cruel regardless of any reactions from opponents. Will it maybe give them an excuse to accelerate their cruelness? Sure. But there's no doubt that their reaction to Kirk's murder will be to implement cruelty that they were already planning on implementing.
I'm not a fan of violence, but the right hasn't given us a choice. It's like if a woman got raped after slapping a guy harassing her in a bar. The rapist was gonna rape regardless, and the fascists are gonna be fascists regardless. It's victim-blaming.
I definitely agree with everything you wrote in your second paragraph, it's that first part I take issue with. The American fascist movement is going full steam ahead with their Nazi shit, and would do so regardless of Charlie Kirk getting murdered.
Will they try to make a martyr out of him? Of course they will.
I however disagree with the notion that Nazis wouldn't be Nazis if opposition "took the high road" and debated the Nazis instead of responding to their violence in kind. The Nazis are gonna do Nazi shit regardless, and their justifications will always be bullshit.
Do you truly think the Nazis wouldn't have imposed martial law if it weren't for that assassination?
We're situated geographically between the US (which is no longer a country we can consider as allies) and Russia, and we have 20% of the world's surface freshwater (7% of the world's renewable water flow)
In the upcoming times of global instability and climate crisis, Canada's definitely gonna be seeing some action.
Don't underestimate how much American MAGA rhetoric has infiltrated Canada. A lot of people here are bigoted against immigrants, queers, natives, or [INSERT MARGINALIZED GROUP HERE].
Even in my heavily Liberal city, I've heard someone suggest a homeless hunting season (as in, a season to hunt homeless people). I've seen a guy rage because city hall was flying a Pride flag. I've heard people say they're scared to go to the mall because there's too many immigrants now.
I do truly think most people I encounter have their hearts in the right place, but I'm often surprised at what some of them say, even the ones who seem nice. Unfortunately, I think this rightward shift represents more of the population than we'd like to admit.
I'd imagine half the users here have blue hair, piercings, white guilt, and pride flag bumper stickers
I am definitely the type of person you're trying to describe here and I'm honestly just insulted you think I'd own a car. I cycle everywhere, thank you.
I do have a bunch of Pride stickers on my bike though, ya got me there!
When I used to work at a summer camp, we had this mud pit behind one of the cabins where we'd bring groups who were down for it (usually the older kids). It looked exactly like this and the kids loved it.
One time we went in and a kid felt something in the mud and we pulled out a full skull of some animal. We stopped bringing the kids there afterwards, lol
I don't typically use a VPN so take my advice with a grain of salt, but I'm pretty sure what you're looking for is split tunneling. Set it so that all traffic goes through your VPN except the IP of your NAS.
I'm not saying fascists aren't cruel, I'm saying they will be cruel regardless of any reactions from opponents. Will it maybe give them an excuse to accelerate their cruelness? Sure. But there's no doubt that their reaction to Kirk's murder will be to implement cruelty that they were already planning on implementing.
I'm not a fan of violence, but the right hasn't given us a choice. It's like if a woman got raped after slapping a guy harassing her in a bar. The rapist was gonna rape regardless, and the fascists are gonna be fascists regardless. It's victim-blaming.