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[–] [email protected] 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

There is absolutely no situation where targeting innocents is justified, otherwise you are as vile as the fascists, and your actions will only provide them with justification, and weaken the cause in the eyes of the civilian. You could certainly threaten the fascist with that to gain the upper hand, but civilians should always remain off limits, regardless of how low the fascist goes.

There will always be more than enough legitimate military/political targets who have broken their oath and are "just following orders" from the dictatorship. Don't get lazy or despotic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

only a sith speaks in absolutes, also the previous post before this one was about how Israel has killed somewhere around 500 women and children and mass graved first responders for getting in the way of Israeli bullets, while due process has been paused in the US until further notice the post before that one

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Lol, "the fascists murder civilians so it's okay" is not the hill to die on, but keep voicing your true colors!