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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2020-05-20

"Never trust anyone who carries a gun but not a first aid kit." -- (((Jerald Lentini))) ([twitter.com profile] jrlentini), 2020-05-19

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"So many people running around claiming they'll do anything for America. Carry guns, live in bunkers, fight in the hills. What they're actually asked to do is wear simple protective measures, keep their distance, show patience and courtesy. And they break like fucking glass." -- Scott Lynch ([twitter.com profile] scottlynch78)

"The difference is that in the fantasy they are asked to kill, and in the reality they are asked to be kind." -- John Scalzi ([twitter.com profile] scalzi)

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redbird: closeup of me drinking tea, in a friend's kitchen (Default)

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posted by [personal profile] redbird at 01:12pm on 2020-05-20
The other difference, I think, is that in the fantasy they're protecting ("America" and) themselves from dangerous strangers; in the reality, they're being asked to protect other people from themselves.

Typing the above, it occurs to me that, also, a lot of complaints about "political correctness" are about having to be polite and kind to everyone, even people they don't know and have been told are their inferiors.
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eftychia: Photo of clouds shaped like an eye and arched eyebrow (sky-eye)

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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 01:14am on 2020-05-21
Good point. I'd not quite made that connection between what we're seeing and complaints about "PC".
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