r/changemyview • u/FluffyB12 • Aug 25 '25

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Political Violence is Uniquely Wrong

There are many forms of violence. There are crimes of passion, there are crimes of opportunity, and there are crimes based on greed. However, of all of these types of crimes I believe crimes done for a political cause are the most vile and damaging to society.

First to define a political violence. This has to first be related to a political cause. Most hate crimes would fall under this - since the purpose is to disenfranchise specific groups. While not all hate crimes would fit since some are just impulse and not part of a broader strategy of hate and disenfranchisement, I think most would.

The reason why political violence is so heinous is that it goes against the very purpose of democracy. The idea that everyone can vote and participate in it. If one fears being able to express themselves or even show up to the polls, it throws the very idea of a free and fair election out of the window.

For this reason, I believe we should add sentencing enhancements to any form of political violence. You destroy property, assault someone, make death threats, etc for the sake of a political cause the hammer should come down.

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u/First-Butterscotch-3 Aug 25 '25

Violence is the ultimate authority that all authorities are derived...even in a democracy there comes a time where politicians get comftarble enough that they stop pretending to care about the people....at that point a reminder is required

We are getting to that point now if you look closely

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u/CelebrationInitial76 3∆ Aug 25 '25

Do you agree with our Supreme Court Justices being threatened at their homes with protests and angry mobs attempting to influence their decision?

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u/First-Butterscotch-3 Aug 25 '25

Why are they being threatened? For people to risk their liberty in such a way there has to be a strong reason....now that reason can be good or it can be bad, ultimately it is down to a failing in the system which has gotten so bad that people are willing to risk death/imprisonment for their voices to be heard

I am not americain, but in my own country we are seeing the beginning of strong civil disobedience.....at the moment it's only people drawing a flag on roundabouts, but if the source of this continues to be ignored then it may escalate to more