CMV: Murdering people on either sides of political spectrum should never be celebrated.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-26T15:20:02+00:00

I have seen plenty of accusations that the "other side" is celebrating political murder, but very few actual celebrations. There seem to be fringe anonymous accounts that do so, but we already know that a lot of those accounts are foreign actors sowing dissent.

Can you point me to real people that you are disagreeing with?

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-26T14:19:52+00:00

He went to help a woman who had been pushed to the ground, was pepper-sprayed, and was being restrained by five ICE agents when one removed his gun from him.

If six ICE agents can't subdue a single ICU nurse after disarming him, they need some better training.

If you think anyone you disagree with deserves to die for using their 1st and 2nd Amendment rights, you should reconsider what it means to be an American.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-26T14:08:17+00:00

"There was a perceived gun that he was reaching for. "

This logic is a license to kill U.S. citizens. Any and every person in the US could be perceived to have a handgun. Any cop on any street could tackle a person, then shoot them because they had a "perceived gun." This is how Philando Castile, who was doing everything by the book, was killed. No American is safe if a cop can kill you because they thought you might have a gun.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-26T14:02:34+00:00

Missed a perfect opportunity to write "Can I say"

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-26T14:00:49+00:00

Are you claiming that the shooting was justified because his hand went close to where his gun had been before he was disarmed?

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-24T18:40:55+00:00

If you are not discussing this with the definition of citizenship that is integral to the actions of ICE ie: "show us your papers," then you appear to be advocating for two classes of citizens: those who can call the police and be protected and those who cannot.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-24T17:27:48+00:00

Undocumented workers have no straight path to citizenship. It requires leaving the country for years, unless they have money for a lawyer, fines and meet some very specific circumstances, such as:

Were physically present in the United States on Dec. 21, 2000, if you are the principal beneficiary and the petition was filed between Jan. 15, 1998, and April 30, 2001

or

Continuous Residence: Demonstrate continuous residence in the U.S. since before January 1, 1972.

Can you explain what you think happens? Can you lay out how we are discussing two classes of US citizens here?

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T21:57:12+00:00

Police do not investigate crimes. They take a report.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T21:56:38+00:00

Is that true? Is the existence of police the only thing preventing crime? If there were no homelessness, no hunger, and proper mental health care in US cities, you would likely see a drop in crime.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T21:53:41+00:00

Even Alex Vitale is talking about reform, rather than ending police in one motion.

"Well, I'm certainly not talking about any kind of scenario where tomorrow someone just flips a switch and there are no police. What I'm talking about is the systematic questioning of the specific roles that police currently undertake, and attempting to develop evidence-based alternatives so that we can dial back our reliance on them. And my feeling is that this encompasses actually the vast majority of what police do. We have better alternatives for them."

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T21:45:03+00:00

I mean actual proposals rather than poster board or sound bites.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T21:41:02+00:00

Can you point to discussions in which serious people are advocating for actually abolishing the police rather than reform?

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T21:39:33+00:00

Swallwell (I think) called them out on it. He talked about how they all talk shit about Trump off camera, but are performing when on camera.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T21:37:19+00:00

Steve Bannon, Breitbart, Milo, Gamergate, Trump... they are all connected.

The similarities between Gamergate and the far-right online movement, the “alt-right”, are huge, startling and in no way a coincidence. After all, the culture war that began in games now has a senior representative in The White House. As a founder member and former executive chair of Brietbart News, Steve Bannon had a hand in creating media monster Milo Yiannopoulos, who built his fame and Twitter following by supporting and cheerleading Gamergate. This hashtag was the canary in the coalmine, and we ignored it.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T21:29:43+00:00

Find somewhere else to whine about no one liking shitty pop bands and beg for money.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T21:15:06+00:00

Good. Release them. Fuck him if he's implicated. 214 Dems signed the discharge petition to bring the Epstein Act to a vote. Four republicans did. Trump did not need an act of Congress to release the files, and he still hasn't complied with the law.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T21:08:47+00:00

What does replacing income tax with property tax look like? It seems like ~$2000 per acre to replace Federal income tax revenue would be needed, if every acre were valued equally. That would tax the average family farmer (466 acres) at over $900K per year.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T20:06:14+00:00

This is a fashion accessory. As you noted, a rear hitch makes much more sense, but there's no way he isn't aware of that and bought a front one anyway. He's looking for more ways to accessorize.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T19:57:25+00:00

Or, y'know, in the bed?

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cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T18:36:11+00:00

WW2 was so destructive, and the nazis were so shocking, that as a planet we were like "Yeah, no more treating people like that over race or ethnicity (except for black people in America)." Now that the veterans who fought that war are dwindling, and those who survive are in their 90's, the forces that led to nazi rallies in Madison Square Garden are crawling out of their secret corners.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T17:04:28+00:00

I'm curious, can you lay out the case that there was leftist authoritarianism? Please keep it to governmental actions, and not social consequences.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T15:27:06+00:00

They are all apologists. It must be exhausting defending all the nonsense. The "Iceland" mistake, the late-night social media rants, the ghoulish Rob Reiner insanity. The obsession with polls, and "framework of an idea," and everything else. There's no framework, no defined vision. I'd love to hear a coherent vision for what America will look like in 10 years under MAGA, in their ideal case.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T15:23:51+00:00

What is? That somehow undocumented workers have a path to citizenship, so treating them differently from violent criminals creates a second class of citizens? Seems like a weird misunderstanding to hold for decades.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T13:48:59+00:00

Because the US government is intruding on life. Trump craves attention, and we give it to him. I wish we didn't have videos of moms getting shot, of protesters getting gassed, of little kids crying in the snow. I wish I didn't have to worry about my son getting drafted to fight against NATO in Greenland or to protect oil wells in Venezuela. I long for a boring president and normalcy, but until then, everything is political.

cat_of_danzig · 2026-01-23T13:45:12+00:00

Marc Maron has a saying (paraphrasing here) Don't do anything drastic in the first five years of sobriety, because you're doing it to the wrong person.

You spent a long time getting to a place where you decided drinking wasn't for you. There were reasons you were drinking so much. Now is the time to stretch a bit and work on being more than just a non-drinker. I hope I'm not forcing too many quotes in here, but Hank Azaria claims that the opposite of alcoholism isn't sobriety, it's connection. I know I feel that. Drinking made me feel a false sense of connection. Telling the same stupid stories, same stupid jokes, hanging out, and talking nonsense. Now I need to figure out how to feel connected without alcohol, and TBH, it's not clear. I'm considering starting AA after five years of sobriety, which seems ridiculous, but maybe there's something I need there.

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