superrific
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Out of curiosity, why do you care if an unstable person were to "take violent action" based on what is written here? From a liability standpoint, CDA section 230 applies. Any person sufficiently unstable has been unstable for a while, and has surely dropped nuggets on other sites or other places. None of us are so radicalizing that our posts will suddenly galvanize that sort of "resistance." Anyone who might act on the basis of the bland anodyne statements here was going to do it regardless.If you guys want to start advocating for violence against government officials or violent overthrow of the government, please do so on another site. I know it seems to be a bit of sport to tip toe up to the line of endorsing or encouraging such behavior, but I ask again that this site not be used as a platform for violence — including the “there’s no other alternative now” stuff that could easily encourage some one unstable to take violent action.
And meanwhile, you're essentially banning books here. The blood of tyrants quote literally comes from a Founding Father. To me, this seems like, "let's not read Mark Twain because he uses the n word." And this is a losing battle, because you will never be able to define a line between what you deem acceptable and not.
People aren't engaging in sport. The political environment invites and even demands this type of thinking. As I've said, the rule of law is humanity's way of solving disputes through violence. If the rule of law is broken, then violence is again the reigning political principle. Which is why all authoritarian states are violent. And it's why Trump is increasingly violent, and that will continue. And that's why probably half the board would answer the following question in the affirmative: "would you like to see someone kill Elon Musk?" That's not sport. That's genuine frustration, terror, fear, rage -- all sorts of emotions. Asking everyone to bottle that up is not only infeasible, it arguably does more to promote violence than letting people vent.