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Musk says he’ll spend less time working with Trump after Tesla profits sink (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Bro, this whole stupid ass conversation started with me saying peaceful protesting is not a mutually exclusive action.

This whole stupid ass conversation started with me listing examples of violence getting shit done, against the contrast of millions of protesters not accomplishing jack.

Like, feel free to go be violent or whatever. Just don’t talk others into doing it first when you obviously are not willing to do that. That’s why Luigi is an icon, and you are, frankly speaking, a huge hypocrite.

What in our conversation history makes you think I'd be a good candidate? I'm a surgical tech, dude. On the nonexistent chance that Trump winds up in my OR, yeah it'd be an honor to be the one to take action. Failing that, he's surrounded by people with guns who've all sworn an oath to kill him, so why is rubbing you wrong when I ask those people to do their job?

I ask people to do shit that I cannot all the time - that's how specializations work. If my tooth hurts, I'm going to ask a dentist to fix it. If my transmission breaks, I'm going to ask a mechanic to fix it. If my country is under attack, I'm going to ask the people who's job it is to kill the attacker to fix it.

Why is that hypocritical to you? Do you whip out your own drill when your molar starts to ache? Do you learn how to fix a transmission when your car breaks? Cuz if not, what you're doing is called projecting - the hypocrisy here is yours.

Luigi didn’t try to persuade or pressure others into taking a risk he wasn’t personally willing to take.

Cool. And?

I have seen the power of peaceful protesting. The boycotts work. Violence only gives the administration a convenient excuse to hurt us. Don’t fall for it. The calls for violence are propaganda.

You keep making that claim without evidence. I keep refuting it with events that just happened. Like you don't need go dig through a history book to see that violence works (although that would make the case too), you just need to turn on the fucking news.

You're advocating for the preservation of evil people by arguing points that have been shown false. That's propaganda. You're projecting again.