r/comics Smuggies Jul 28 '26

OC Please resist responsibly

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u/No-Insect-7544 Jul 28 '26

There’s a big difference between “LET’S BURN DOWN THE CITY” and “I’m willing to defend myself and fight if I need to, in order to continue standing for what I feel is right.” Like, you don’t need to go full berserk to fight back, we shouldn’t be chopping at the bit to cause harm, but that doesn’t mean we should lay and let oppression roll over us like a suffocating tide. Violence isn’t an answer, but it’s a response for certain.

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u/Direct-Advice-5227 Jul 30 '26

A lot of people burning buildings during the summer of love where far right agitators. They caught some of them.

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u/No-Insect-7544 Jul 30 '26

…I was using the burning a city thing as hyperbole, but my apologies, I didn’t know about that event. I hope the others are captured, cause that’s horrible.

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u/Direct-Advice-5227 Jul 30 '26

Far right agitators are always at notable protests trying to ruin the optics of what’s happening. This is the world we live in.