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Device thrown near Mamdani’s residence in NYC was IED with risk of ‘serious injury or death,’ NYPD says
(www.independent.co.uk)
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It was an Fascist Protest held by Nazi Jake Lang against Muslims. two counter protesters were the ones who tossed the IEDs. they WERE NOT directed at the Mayors home but at the Nazi's that were protesting nearby.
Oh, so that’s why the news is allowed to talk about this.
Terrorism with IEDs is a threat to safety of all and to democracy, even if it is directed at nazis.
Also, what do you think the Nazis do next?
Oh no, the Nazis will get violent! Oh wait, they already are? And have the state supporting and performing their violence? Oh....
You're conflating state sponsored violence with random Nazi supporters joking them as private malitia.
Absolutely violence should not be avoided where violence is already being used. However, by all account these nazis were protestors, not the agents of the government.
Nazis are still people and there is still a spectrum of violence and beliefs. In the Nazi bar analogy, they all end up being nazis by virtue of association and tolerance of Nazi views. You're making the leap to all being Nazis immediately.
Non violent far right protestors have the right to protest and their beliefs. Where they have already perpetrated violence, they should receive it in kind or, ideally prosecution.
The use of IED is not that and just normalises it's use. Which side has the bigger propensity for violence and bombing of unarmed civilians?
The Dems and the left have a problem where they tut tut and pearl clutch rather than taking action. Jumping to bombing protests is not the answer, however distasteful those protests are.
I'm sorry, with dealing with Nazis under a Nazi regime, I fail to see a difference between them being of the state or not.
That's my point. When you lose your humanity, you are no better. The whole point of fascism is to 'other' different in and out groups. Exactly what you're doing, to the point where you think terrorism is ok.
When the othering is due to the choices that people make, it is fundamentally different, both morally and as a question of politics, that othering people due to things outside their control.
If they want to stop being Nazis, they magically get their humanity back. And not a moment sooner.
They are not worthy of mercy or kindness because they give none to others.
Except the "other" in this case are fucking Nazis. Fuck off with this tolerance bullshit. Their views are violent by their nature.
Alright, let me say this then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlottesville_car_attack
They're ALREADY violent before anything was done to them. You can't handle them with kid gloves. And not seeing a difference between them being of the government and not isn't dehumanization. It's acknowledging that the government will protect the when they do awful stuff because the government wants it done.
Now dehumanizing would be saying they're cockroaches, that they're not people, by what THEY say of US and all out groups. I have not said that. But if you believe the moral high road is how you'll win, you've not been paying attention for the past 30 years.
Edit: As well you cannot tolerate their hate or views at all as well. We've let bygones be bygones for too long and well, here we are. And nothing but violence on a large scale will ultimately solve this because if we defeat them in the elections, they will get even MORE violent.
And this is why “centrists” let Nazis takeover.
Firstly I'm not a centrist. My beliefs lie firmly on the left.
Secondly, you're not addressing my points.
It's easy to be edgy and support terrorism from behind a keyboard. The reality of living under terrorism threats from either side is no better than fascism. See northern Ireland, Palestine, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Nigeria. The only one I'd like to live in is northern Ireland, where the threat of terrorism has subsided due to treating each side as people and ending terrorism.
The only way nazism grows is by treating people like they are not people. This is why nazis take over.
Nazis take over because people are mean to them is a fucking wild ass take holy shit.
IED is being mean?
Tender footed leftists not realizing you have to protect tolerance from the intolerant.
Who won again in that situation and why?
Northern Ireland? Nobody. And tensions remain today but people can love normal loves without oppression.
Or you mean Palestine? Terrorist attacks on either side didn't help either. Eventually it lead to genocide.
Jurisdictionally it's Britain, not Ireland. You'd need a passport generally to move between them. The Nazis won in that, so to speak. We're all tired, and maybe people need to see these things to be a bit more brave. No one is coming to save us.
No, it's Great Britain AND Northern Ireland. Both being part of the UK. If you're going to be pedantic, be correct.
Free movement between Ireland and the UK predates the EU and continues to this day. One part of the Brexit discussions was continuing border free travel between north and south on the island of Ireland.
I agree, nobody is coming to save you and you have to do it for yourselves. Bombing protestors, however distasteful, will make it so there is nothing worth saving.
Don't get me wrong. Terrorism can work. And today's terrorist is tomorrow's freedom fighter. I don't thinknthe USA is at that level of oppression for mqny people to be sympathetic to a terrorist movement, which is a requirement for it to work.
So the article says the explosives were thrown by counter protesters. I don't support the Nazis but idk if this fits the narrative here