“When people tell me that violence doesn’t solve anything, I look back over my police career,” he once advised his followers. “And I’m like, ‘Wow, that’s interesting, because violence did solve quite a bit.’”

We honestly have a lot to learn from right-wing organizers

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not really, this is a very basic statement.

It's funny because it took this cop so long to realize that the state uses violence to solve its problems when he was literally the violence.

[–] pencil_nerd@mander.xyz 35 points 1 month ago (4 children)

No I don't mean that state violence is why the state persists, but simply that peaceful protests and voting will never change anything.

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ah, yeah, but that is a very common refrain on the left

[–] NewOldGuard@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun

[–] BobDole@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago

Read How to Blow Up a Pipeline for more about this

[–] jack@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A thing leftists famously don't believe