Have seen a few posts popping up recently just straight up calling fo violence barely disguised as memes

Had thought Lemmy had chilled out a bit on that kinda thing for a while but seems to be coming back now

Anyone else noticing the same or just me?

  • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 days ago

    Its not really just Lemmy tho. Its everywhere.

    People are just mad these days and that event in NYC ignited their anger they always had.

    I think most people are more like saying “LOL” at what happened rather than “Lets kill [insert person name here]”. I mean, nobody really asked for it, nobody gave the pepetrator the “okay” to do it, the person just did it. People aren’t sympathetic because the dead person wasn’t such a nice person.

    Remember how people celebrated Bin Laden’s death, this is like that. Different nationality, same killer mindset that they had in common.

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      17 days ago

      how people celebrated Bin Laden’s death

      Ouch, some deep introspection is required if you get to a point in life where you, being an insurance CEO and being killed lead to the same kind of mob reactions as Bin Laden’s death.

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      18 days ago

      I think most people are more like saying “LOL” at what happened rather than “Lets kill [insert person name here]”.

      I’ve definitely seen quite a few memes that were like “Here are the names and faces of a few other health insurance CEOs. No particular reason ;)”. But yeah it’s probably not most.

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        18 days ago

        Count me in the second category. I’ve got a mental list of people I’d love to see offed in similar fashion. I’d do it myself but I have to care for my mother.

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          18 days ago

          I can understand you emotions, even if I can’t directly relate (living in a country with universal healthcare). But I do think it’s a slippery slope. Those kind of “kill the oppressors” movements may hit the “right people” at first, but also have a tendency of going wildly out of control. (Khmer Rouge etc)

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            17 days ago

            Did you really blame a movement that basically existed for twenty years after relevance through US (and Chinese, interestingly enough) machinations and support, and was actually ousted by the communist Vietnamese, on a ‘kill the oppressors’ view?

            Jesus, capitalists will say and do everything to blame the consequences of their actions on everyone else.

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              17 days ago

              IMO. You have no clue what you’re talking about. You’re just parroting any anti-capitalist rhetoric and feeling superior about it. This is based on the fact that you enjoy calling and insinuating people are stupid

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                17 days ago

                Who supported the Khmer Rouge?

                Who ended up fighting and ending the genocide?

                Who denied a genocide happened until the 80’s, and continued funding the Khmer Rouge until the late 90’s?

                These are all simple questions with simple, factual answers. You just don’t like the picture the answers paint, and want to justify the intentional outcome of Kissinger’s designs and blame the outcome on the victims.

                It sickens me to see people like the person I was replying to and yourself try and blame the people who were genocided for their genocide and to blame it on a economic ideology that had very little to do with the outcome.

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                  17 days ago

                  Haha. You’re the one who mentioned said economic ideology. You are just stirring yourself up for the sake of being stirred up. So now I think you just see enemies wherever you go, and really, that is your personal problem.

                  And if you’re feeling sickened, try some pepto

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                    16 days ago

                    Okay, troll.

                    You have answered no questions, and made no statements that can be falsified.

                    Just insulted and took no position that could be shown wrong.

                    You’re just a troll, and a lazy one at that.