Have seen a few posts popping up recently just straight up calling fo violence barely disguised as memes

Had thought Lemmy had chilled out a bit on that kinda thing for a while but seems to be coming back now

Anyone else noticing the same or just me?

  • superkret@feddit.org
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    16 days ago

    It’s not necessarily a contradiction. Lots of people now trust a “fellow man” to make a judgement on who deserves death more than the state.
    So they aren’t against killing “evil” people, they just don’t agree with the state’s definition of “evil”, and deny its right to decide that.

    Basically, it’s the premise of Batman: When the state has failed to deliver justice, the people turn to vigilante justice.

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      16 days ago

      Vigilante justice is so cool right up to the point that it is used against the people that you admire. And that is the contradiction.