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This is a screenshot of a bluesky post from “The Tennessee Holler” posted 12 hours ago. The post reads: “If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?” The post includes a repost from Joe G posted 2 hours ago that says “Arresting people in wheelchairs protesting Medicaid cuts.” Below the text is a video thumbnail showing what appears to be law enforcement officers restraining an elderly person in a wheelchair in what looks like a government building or office setting.

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[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (11 children)

That most certainly is not the case. I am defending myself from accusations that I helped make the world the way it is today by being born in the wrong country decades after the path had been set.

What country are you from? The logic applied means you're directly responsible for any atrocity committed by your government.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Friend, I live in a settler state too, and our genocide isn’t quite over yet either. I didn't start it, but as a part of the settler side of the equation, I benefit economically. I also benefit from the neocolonialism of the companies based in my country, indirectly, yes, and whether I ask for it or not.

No matter what I do to

  • stop the last bit of the genocide
  • make redress and other justice happen
  • end foreign exploitation

...it won't be enough. Doesn't matter, take it on and acknowledge it.

Funny how responsibility works. It's nuanced.

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm not responsible for the actions of bloodthirsty politicians when I do everything I can short of murder to prevent these things from happening.

I dont choose to benefit economically.

Being a participant in society is not just cause to blame someone for another's actions.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This all-or-nothing lack of nuance combined with a lack of collective responsibility is a fairly typical example of the kind of complaints I hear or read about USA culture.

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My man's here talking about nuance while blaming every American for its current state.🙄

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure bud, all or nuthin, with me or against me, uhhuh.

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I am trying my damndest to do something. Anything.

Do I deserve the hate for simply existing in the system?

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