Seriously though, don’t do violence.

  • MissJinx@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    My experience with human rights acrivists is that they only fight for the assholes. Never saw a human rights activist in a foundraiser for children, but talk about murderers and rapists they are all love.

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      17 days ago

      Yeah, because nobody else speaks up for those who’d be railroaded through court otherwise. You don’t ’see them speak up’ because those same people’s voice get lost in the crowd of everyone else’s outrage/support.

      It’s trite but true, failure to defend the fringes leaves a smaller and smaller pool of resistance/solidarity:

      First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
           Because I was not a socialist.

      Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out—
           Because I was not a trade unionist.

      Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
           Because I was not a Jew.

      Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

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        16 days ago

        Look I’ve heard human rights activists say that over and over again but you know what I think? You can look at a CHILD that was raped and say "sorry he deserves to be treated nicely, your values are crooked.

        I’m NOT talking about the legal system that is indeed corrupt, I’m talking about people that confessed to murder and rape and you still go out of your way to defend that “he need nicer food”. He needs to burn in hell

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          15 days ago

          If rights aren’t universal they may as well not exist. To defend the rights of another is to defend your own. Remember that next time you see the rights being violated of someone you feel deserves it.