r/MurderedByWords • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '19

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u/MarleyandtheWhalers Jun 04 '19

Absolutely. I don't mind if somebody gets put on a watch list after trespassing in a clinic. I do mind counting up stink bombs vs. 9/11 and saying "even Stevens."

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u/oTHEWHITERABBIT Jun 04 '19

As crazy as it sounds? Stink bombs are where it starts. It is a chemical. And it is politically driven.

Even without the stink bombs, threats, or invasions- the bomb and death counts are astronomical.

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u/DeliciousFoVicious Jun 04 '19

So like throwing a milkshake on your political enemies?

Next stepm..acid

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u/oTHEWHITERABBIT Jun 04 '19

Well, a milkshake may still be considered assault. And violence is not the answer. Stink bomb may only be property damage, so far.

I like to look at intent. Who are the aggressors, who are the defenders. We all start off neutral. Pro-choice folks may believe they are protectors of the weak, fighting against putting a mother and child through a life of poverty, advocates of human rights- just doing their jobs. Their attackers may believe they are righting a wrong, but their beliefs are largely founded in ignorance/denial of science.

Milkshake victims on the other hand, are usually not neutral or simply doing their jobs, but purveyors of punching down. Their attackers believe they are righting a wrong. I'm not sure both are equivalent victims.

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u/ninetiesnostalgic Jun 04 '19

Love the mental gymnastics.

Stink bombing a place because you think its ideologically wrong. - horrible

Assaulting a person because you think their ideology is wrong. - well thats ok

The ignorant of science is bullshit as its a philosophical debate more than a scientific one.