• quick_snail@feddit.nl
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    2 days ago

    Not a troll. I recommend reading Emma Goldman. Vigilantes have been bad news forever.

    It’s only recently society idealized them, forgetting their true nature.

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      1 day ago

      They’ve often been bad, but they haven’t exclusively been bad.

      Anyway, what do you do when the justice system fails to protect the people, and only protects the wealthy and oppresses the people?

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          1 day ago

          Isn’t revolution a form of vigilantism?

          To use your own argument, wasn’t the KKK trying to cause a revolution?

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            1 day ago

            No, revolution is not a form of vigilantism.

            Revolution is when you replace the government.

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              That doesn’t make it not vigilantism. Vigilantism is when you use force to enforce your values without the backing of the law. That’s what a revolution is too.