This is a terrible take. Introducing violence into politics always, always, leads to dark places nobody wanted to go. Besides being wrong, it's completely counter-productive.
PS. Yeah, downvoting doesn't make you right to advocate cold-blooded murder that would probably trigger civil war. Jesus.
You just said it yourself. In a civilized order it's the state that monopolizes violence. You don't get to invent the laws and prosecute them yourself. Personally I don't want to live in a society of vigilantism or civil war. Bluster aside, I suspect that you don't either.
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nonentity@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 1y
Following the Watergate scandal, ‘-gate’ became the suffix to name subsequent scandals.
I propose stories associated with Trump, and other stupid scandals, be encrusted with the suffix ‘-a-Lago’.
I think there’s scope for dedicating an entire community to them, like c/MAG_a_Lago.
As for Elongate, Musk explicitly requested it be used, which should be reason enough to not.
Greg@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 1y
I think twatgate would be more appropriate
shoulderoforion@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y
there have been some twats i've had the privilege of getting to know that were downright life afirming
masterofn001@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 1y
The next scandal involving musk should be that he wasn't assassinated sooner.
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world · -17 pts · 1y
This is a terrible take. Introducing violence into politics always, always, leads to dark places nobody wanted to go. Besides being wrong, it's completely counter-productive.
PS. Yeah, downvoting doesn't make you right to advocate cold-blooded murder that would probably trigger civil war. Jesus.
Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
politics is violent, inherently. taxation is violent, inherently. policing is violent, inherently. control of another is violent, inherently.
the state is, by definition, a monopoly on violence. dont pretend you are above inflicting pain on others.
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 1y
You just said it yourself. In a civilized order it's the state that monopolizes violence. You don't get to invent the laws and prosecute them yourself. Personally I don't want to live in a society of vigilantism or civil war. Bluster aside, I suspect that you don't either.
Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
considering i am a victim of state violence, i already live there.
ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y
Unfortunately those in charge only listen to violence.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com · 15 pts · 1y
Calling everything even mildly controversial '-gate' was super played out decades ago IMHO.
grue@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
"Elongate" is too flattering towards him.
blackberry@midwest.social · 6 pts · 1y
didn't he write a tweet literally saying this? maybe 4 years ago?
mipadaitu@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah, after he sexually harassed a flight attendant and laughed about it on Twitter.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
I hate that I like this. The gate thing is super overused. But this one works.
droporain@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 1y
11111one11111@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Muskgate?
HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today · 1 pts · 1y
Touché
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 1y
Ewww, no, not even with a 10-foot rapier.
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 0 pts · 1y
I made this joke in a dadjoke subereddit and got banned as it was too adult