People who call for Trump's assassination must not have learned about Archduke Ferdinand

in maria •  7 years ago  (edited)

Maria, Maria, Maria... you fucking moron. Literally speaking, your comment cannot be taken as an overt threat. "Hoping" something happens does not constitute an intent to personally do it. But how many people other than me speak literally? Very few. Most people communicate figuratively. Figuratively, what you're broadcasting to the world is that you want someone to do it. Hopefully someone that reads your twitter feed.

Tell me something... Maria. Tell me - what good would it do to kill a figurehead? The government is a living machine where all the gears and servos, axles and linkages are people. It is sufficiently complex that if you remove a piece - even a big fat, shiny, gawdy, faux-gold-plated piece, the machine will continue to run. Here again in literal land, if you kill a public person, you galvanize that person's supporters. They then turn on the most obvious, the most public of their martyr's enemies: people like you who called for death in the first place.

I know you don't personally want to kill him. You're the kind of person that dilutes and distributes responsibility instead of owning it. But you do want him dead. That much is clear. You can be honest with me; I won't judge you. If gender can be fluid, so can right and wrong. I will merely warn you of the potential consequences and ask you if satisfying your emotions is worth the civil war that would follow. I guarantee you Trump's supporters would win that war. They are armed and they are organized. So in indulging your prejudice, you are effectively committing suicide.

From a utilitarian perspective - please, if you're feeling suicidal, do us all a favor and kill yourself without killing millions of others.

Sincerely,
-Brent

P.S. Fuck you.

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2017/08/17/maria-chappelle-nadal-no-way-in-hell-resigning-facebook/

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