And your response illustrates your intellectual poverty.
And your response illustrates your intellectual poverty
You're a serious FReeper, and you deserve a serious response.
Any time an organized Left, at least since 1789, has arrived at the critical mass our domestic enemies have now come to, bloodshed has happened. The range of violence runs from riots with targeted killings to mountains of skulls.
And successful opposition to a passionate and motivated Left has always entailed violence, as well.
Why do you suppose Franco, Galtieri, Somoza and Pinochet are so reviled? Why do you suppose the villains in every movie are browns and not reds?
The people we are discussing do not wish to come to power by peaceful means and to relinquish power when they lose free elections. The very core of SJW belief is that we are irredeemably evil and not only do not deserve a voice, but do not deserve to exist. Don't think for a minute that if they come to power that they would not imitate Castro, Mao, or even Pol Pot. They say this openly now.
Repression before war would be cheaper, less bloody, and more likely to be successful. Thousands are willing to kill for socialism. The key is that many fewer, thank God, are willing to die for it.
You may think I'm wrong, but I don't think this view "illustrates intellectual poverty".