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> I am of the opinion that we should prevent violent insurrection rather than waiting for it to happen and then responding with jail time.

Responding with jail time is how you prevent it, through deterrence.

> I'm not saying we should prevent all book publishing, but you do understand what historical precedence I was referring to right?

Presumably the unconstitutional Son of Sam laws?

> If the dumb thing they're saying is that all politicians are satan worshipers and pedophiles, then it doesn't matter what "thing" I have to say to them.

I disagree. There are still things you can say and do to black pill the crazies.

Now, sometimes the only thing you can do to convince them is to do something, because just saying "no you're wrong" isn't much of an argument. Whereas, say, arresting and prosecuting everyone involved with Jeffrey Epstein would satisfy a lot more people that there isn't a vast international conspiracy of pedophile Satanist cannibals, as compared to the presumably truer situation in which a lot of powerful people were involved a major statutory rape and prostitution debacle and yet thus far have escaped prosecution.




> Presumably the unconstitutional Son of Sam laws?

I am not, I am referring to a historical example where a bunch of insurrectionists were thrown in jail and it was not an effective deterrent.

> Whereas, say, arresting and prosecuting everyone involved with Jeffrey Epstein would satisfy a lot more people

You really think that arresting and prosecuting Trump, among others, would satisfy the people who stormed the capitol to keep him in power?




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