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[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The guy was their landlord for two years and suddenly decided to murder them? What kind of sick fuck stabs a 6 year old until they die? Fuck this guy.

Edit: and he stabbed the poor baby 26 times?! What a god damn monster

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What kind of sick fuck stabs a 6 year old until they die?

A conservative.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Na man, it goes way beyond that. You have to be sick in the head to stab a child 26 times.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

That in no way conflicts with the comment you’re responding to.

[–] enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

You have to be sick in the head to be a conservative.

[–] bloopernova@infosec.pub 39 points 11 months ago

A 6 year old.

[–] roofuskit@kbin.social 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Plainfield is full of these people. It used to be a haven for the KKK. The high schools had racially motivated brawls as recently as the early 2000s and I don't get the impression things have improved since Trump was elected.

[–] PainInTheAES@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I lived there and went to high school there from 2008 until like 2018. I didn't get the impression that overt racism was an issue in school although I could see micro aggressions being a problem.(I am white tho) But I do know the people that stayed in Plainfield after graduation and I could see it getting worse. It's also far enough from "big dangerous Chicago" so I wouldn't be surprised if it attracted a certain kind of person.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

I bet he is a Christian

[–] Mafflez@reddthat.com 8 points 11 months ago

Draw and quarter the mother fucker.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of this incident in Canada a couple years ago. It's topical again, since he's now in trial.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social -5 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Kill all republicans.

Yes, othering and dividing our society further will surely solve this problem. Keep seeing people who disagree with you on some things as identical to the outlying monsters who murder six year olds. It definitely isn’t a tactic used to control people or anything.

[–] Huxleywaswrite@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I don't see them as "others" because they have different beliefs. I see them as "others" because they have willingly allowed propaganda to radicalized them into believing we don't deserve the same rights as as them, which gives them an excuse to see us as less than human. When they don't believe we deserve rights and are less than human, this happens.

Stop putting the blame on the people defending themselves and their rights and place it on the aggressors. But clearly the enlighted centrist knows better...

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But clearly the enlighted [sic] centrist knows better...

You don’t know me. Not that I need to defend myself, but I’m not a centrist. And I make no claims to enlightenment.

No, all I’m saying is to be careful about dehumanizing the people you disagree with just because you think they dehumanize you. Pity them and their sad, closed-minded world, but don’t forget that they are human just like you. With their own set of desires and interests, just like you. With their own insecurities and fears, just like you. With their own beliefs and values, just like you.

And they might be surprised, if they got to know you, that you share far more than you don’t.

I’m not saying you need to tolerate their hatred. Fuck that noise. But I think it’s extremely important to remember that the common Republican voter is not the dipshit storming the capital, or the fucknugget attending Trump rallies, or the cowards in white hoods or tactical gear. No, the common Republican voter is your neighbor down the street with whom you get along great, but have never gotten deep with. Who never puts out a sign because there are more important things to them than political affiliation.

And yeah, I desperately wish I could get through to some of those people. To make them realize the things they fear are phantoms, that we are being told to rage against one another rather than the profoundly oppressive economic system we labor in that drains us of our wealth while pitting us against one another. To make them understand that drag shows and bathrooms are a distraction from far more important topics, straws their overlords throw them to grasp at now that they’ve gotten Roe v Wade overturned.

Just be careful not to fall for the same thing they do.

[–] Huxleywaswrite@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Then go talk to them, quit demanding that the left to be more patient and forgiving to people who actually want to kill them.

You may not identify as a centrist, but you're pushing their views. If your don't want to be one, it sounds like it's time for some self reflection.