Nearly a third of Americans – 30% – say people may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
It’s a sharp rise from 18 months ago, when 19% of Americans said the same.
Is this the same third that didn’t vote in the last election?
Well if an ICE officer stops my husband based on his appearance we’ve both agreed that we should resist that arrest.
That would end in violence and probably our deaths. What else can we do? Let them take us god knows where?
The Rest of The World: “duh!”
I don’t think getting it on track requires or will even be helped by violence
I firmly believe, however, that many powerful people will violently resist the re-tracking
Unfortunately that appears to be thr only way to get rid of them. They continually ignore the established laws and protests and " sternly worded emails/letters/phonecalls.
PBS running these insipid polls lately is so fucking offensive.
Americans are already doing violence on Americans to execute their fascist vision of this country, en masse, within and without institutions. Violent change is here. The violence question is over. Public opinion is for TV.
Well it’s true. You can’t be diplomatic with fascists. You can’t “get on the same level” with billionaires.
They have no reason to listen or care, unless we give them a reason to listen or care.
Soap box, ballot box, ammo box. They’re trying to take away the 1st 2, so…
You point is valid, but you forgot “jury box”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_boxes_of_liberty
Well we tried that too and the pussy ass judge gave 0 days in jail so.
Pick up a history book.
Fascists don’t allow fair elections.
Fascists don’t stop when asked politely.
Unfortunately, that 30% is correct.
Arm yourselves and everyone you know. Form networks. Communicate via encrypted messaging apps.
The government said pacifism is naive and dangerous
The justice system, from the government perspective, is primarily a guard against vigilantism. Once enough people lose faith in the justice system’s ability to enforce the law with at least some degree of honesty and fairness, then the only option people see is to take justice into their own hands.
John Brown was right.
“Those who make peaceful reform impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
That’s just people who admit it out loud. I know a few people who hint at this too but are afraid to say it out loud, especially if they have an Alexa-type device.
My FBI agent when I speak directly into the Google Home device that I am going to fight back against fascism:
That’s why I am okay with the idea that T Rob is liberal.
