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I know I'm gonna get shit for this, but I'm someone who always tries to be fair and look at things from all sides so...
I suspect like many things in late stage capitalism, for at least some not insignificant portion of them, it's not much of a choice. I'll lay odds a good number have a hard time getting jobs that pay worth a damn. I wouldn't be surprised if many were ex-cons, for example - which is why they're encouraged to wear masks, because those in charge don't want to allow that fact to be used to "de-legitimize" what they're doing. The "choice" from the agent's perspective is quite possibly do this, or be homeless & hungry. It's more deliberate cattle-herding of the powerless by those at the top.
I'm sure the majority are probably into the job, but I suspect those that are just doing it for lack of options is not a small percentage.
proudboys, oath keepers and 2%s, of COURSE they were at J6th. so while I agree with the conclusion, I have zero fucking sympathy for their tenuous position. It's probably real hard to keep a job in the real world when you hate everyone.
Yep, I'm sure that's absolutely true for most of them. But it's unlikely to be all of them. If we are to be the better people, then we need to remember not to dehumanize them like they do their victims. Absolutely defend yourself (or whoever they're after if you're up for putting yourself in harm's way), but no more than necessary, or you will be no better than them.
I initially misread this as 'we shouldn't dehumanize proudboys/oath chuds etc' and was like: goddamn this mofo wants me to be jesus
upon rereading: don't assume all the ice-wads are pb/oathkeeper/derp%ers - which is still pretty fucking generous in my viewing; yeah, people just doing a job, but also, that was tried for the defense at Nuremburg - didn't fly there either.