often middle-class leftist obsessions with the guilloutine unsettle me not because im against violence (im not) (especially not against an unjust nationstate) but rather i am against executions especially by literally any state ever. & i cant fuck with people who are like “okay but we will execute people morally this time” girl thats what you said the last 5,000 times it never works give it UP.
person with $95 guilloutine earrings telling me excitedly about how they cant wait to watch a class of people be publically executed and i just think maybe someone should tell you that your outright glee to see violence-as-spectacle especially if you are not a part of the vulnerable population is something you should be deeply ashamed of. this isnt to tone-police those who have been acute and vulnerable victims of capitalism, but those populations are all too aware of the potential consequences of politicized violent unrest, AND are the first to be harmed by those consequences in a situation such as this. your obsession with violence is not terrifying to me because i feel some need to protect jeff bezos or whatever, but rather because the fallout of your bloodlust WILL hurt victims you did not intend if you are not careful, and harm reduction should be more important to you than exacting revenge.
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you should want the violence to be unnecessary
you should want it to be minimized
if you truly care about things getting better, you should not be excited for the violence
Albert: I was havin’ the most amazin’ dream Race: Ooh, a pretty girl? Albert, realising he can’t say it was a pretty boy and having a slight crisis: A… leg of lamb?
ANSEL ELGORT: From time-to-time, Steven will ask the person who’s usually off camera to do something specific for the benefit of the actor who is having their shot. For instance, during “The Rumble,” he asked Mike to tell me that he loved me as I looked up at him, after beating Bernardo almost to death…. With those few words from Mike, I had something new to react to.
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