this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2024
105 points (94.9% liked)

News

23301 readers
3408 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 40 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Anyone who looks at a situation where nobody died, and thinks it would have been better if people had been killed, is a violent person and a danger to others.

[–] Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Something, something break a few eggs, something, omelette.

[–] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That's not true, there are plenty of people who if they just fuckin' keeled over the world would be a better place.

That being said I don't think shooting into a crowd of teenagers is the solution, though if I was being beaten by a crowd of them I might change my mind. Call me violent but IMO if it came between me and a crowd of fucking cishets, I know my choice.

Either way the guys a nuclear dofus for leaving his car. I mean what are you going to do, fucking scold them?

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So if it was a bunch of transhoms you would be ok?

[–] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think most people would sit around and accept being beaten by a crowd of randos was my point.

Like you can commit to an act of self preservation while understanding you're not some paragon of justice, rather another animal that got backed into a corner. Whether or not self defence is the moral choice, I think its probably the most human one. I don't think we can fault people for making that choice.

That also doesn't mean you have to be some bloodthirsty weirdo who jerks off to r/justiceporn to see that nuance.

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was pointing more towards the fact that someone’s gender or sexuality should not determine whether you are going run them over.

I thought I made that clear with the transhom thing.

[–] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My point was to drive home for a predominantly leftist and queer-friendly fediverse, that if put in the same situation, they would probably be doing the same shit. As a trans woman myself, I can tell you that the fear of being hate crimed by a cis straight dude is very real. It is much more likely that we'd be victimized by cis dudes, than other trans folk, or even cis women for that matter.

By framing it from a familiar prospective, it makes it easier to see the point of view of those we might not agree with. That's why I used that specific example.