#I get that the democrats are masters of bringing a plastic knife to a gunfight

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y’all do realize authoritarianism and state-sponsored violence are also bad if “our” side does them, right? like you don’t actually think it’s a bad thing that biden is not using trump v united states as grounds to just straight-up murder conservative politicians? and you see how it would be a problem if an actually leftist president used it as justification to summarily execute anyone further right than, say, obama, yes? you get that bringing to bear the full power of the state, including its capacity for violence, solely for the purpose of persecuting political enemies is not bad just because it’s the bad guys doing it, and it will not magically become good when it’s people on your side doing it? tell me you understand this.