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    Those in the highest positions of power say that Poor, Disabled, Unhoused, Sickly, Trans, and Palestinian people are better-off dead. Stop treating the deaths of powerful People as this unique horror. And treat the daily killing of marginalized People as the very urgent crisis it is. - Taylor Lorenz
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    Those in the highest positions of power say that Poor, Disabled, Unhoused, Sickly, Trans, and Palestinian people are better-off dead. Stop treating the deaths of powerful People as this unique horror. And treat the daily killing of marginalized People as the very urgent crisis it is. – Taylor Lorenz


    "I don't think most People want to feel like the only way they can fight back against oppression is through extrajudicial killings. That's a really dangerous system for Everyone involved. But we need to stop treating the deaths of powerful People as this unique horror. And we need to start treating the daily killing of poor and marginalized People as the very urgent crisis that it is." – Taylor Lorenz – Sept 12, 2025



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    1. biospheric on

      Here’s the full 16-minutes on YouTube: [The Real ‘Political Violence’ in America – Taylor Lorenz – Sept 12, 2025](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k__vlLU6gqk)

      From the description:

      >When a powerful right-wing figure like Charlie Kirk is attacked or killed, political leaders and media rush to mourn them as a martyr and condemn “political violence.”

      >But what does political violence actually mean? While violence against elites is treated as a national tragedy, violence against poor, Black, immigrant, queer, and disabled people is sanctioned. The truth is that political violence has always been part of life in America, but somehow it only becomes a “national emergency” when that violence threatens power.

      >In this video, I talk about the history of “political violence” in the U.S., what the term actually means in practice, how it’s weaponized, and what we need to do if we actually want to put a stop to it.

    2. biospheric on

      Some related r/Fauxmoi posts: 

      [Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the journalist best known for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush, shares an image](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1nfjgyk/muntadhar_alzaidi_the_journalist_best_known_for/)

      [NFL facing backlash after choosing to hold separate moment of silence for Charlie Kirk before start of TNF game between Packers and Commanders prior to moment of silence for 9/11 victims](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1neu26a/nfl_facing_backlash_after_choosing_to_hold/)

      [Kirk: Gone And Now Forgotten – 2 Days Later, Trump Has Already Moved On](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1nf7nwk/kirk_gone_and_now_forgotten_2_days_later_trump/)

      [Charlie Kirk shooting suspect pictured wearing Pepe the Frog-themed Trump costume](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1nf4o34/charlie_kirk_shooting_suspect_pictured_wearing/)

      [Democratic lawmakers react to Charlie Kirk’s death: “The assassination of Charlie Kirk risks uncorking of political chaos that we cannot risk in America. We should all resist temptation to point fingers. That takes us nowhere. We should be rejecting gun violence and political violence in all forms.”](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1ned7xu/democratic_lawmakers_react_to_charlie_kirks_death/)

      [Stephen King’s factual statement is receiving a lot of “right wing” backlash in the comments.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1nevp2t/stephen_kings_factual_statement_is_receiving_a/)

    3. biospheric on

      >Elon Musk posted to his 225 million followers, “The Left is the party of murder.” 

      >Right-wing activist Laura Loomer, who’s been openly celebrating the slaughter of Palestinian Children for months, called on Trump to, “shut down, defund, and prosecute every single Leftist organization,” adding that, “The Left is a national security threat.” 

      >Loomer said, “More people will be murdered if the Left isn’t crushed with the power of the state.” 

      >Trump blamed the shooting on “radical left political violence,” in an Oval Office address. 

      >Shawn Davis, the CEO and co-founder of The Federalist, posted on X, “I hope that Trump also orders the extermination of the entire anarcho-terrorist network that has been terrorizing Christians in this nation unabated for more than a decade.”

      >As someone who’s actually against violence, all of this is terrifying. 

      >As many have pointed out, the whole “this shooting is gonna be used as a pretense to strip us all of our Rights” thing, rings a little hollow when the Government is already stripping all of us of our Rights on a pretty much daily basis. 

      >They don’t need Charlie Kirk’s death to continually, brutally oppress & murder Minorities in state-sanctioned violence.

      – Taylor Lorenz – Sept 12, 2025

      Edit: formatting

    4. SoftlyTeasin on

      I gotta disagree man. Just cuz they’re at the top doesn’t mean they know what’s best for the rest of us. Power just amplifies who they already are, not some enlightened oracle. Reality check, they’re as clueless and flawed as any1 else.

    5. biospheric on

      [Accusation in a Mirror (AiM)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusation_in_a_mirror) (Wikipedia): 

      >Accusation in a Mirror (AiM) is a false claim that accuses the target of something that the perpetrator is doing or intends to do.

      >It is a technique often used in the context of hate speech incitement, where one falsely attributes one’s own motives and/or intentions to one’s adversaries.

      >It has been cited, along with dehumanization, as one of the indirect or cloaked forms of incitement to genocide, which has contributed to the commission of genocide, for example in the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and the Armenian genocide.

      >By invoking collective self-defense, accusation in a mirror is used to justify genocide, similar to self-defense as a defense for individual homicide.

      >Susan Benesch remarked that while dehumanization “makes genocide seem acceptable”, accusation in a mirror makes it seem necessary.”

      Taylor Lorenz showed us social media posts by MAGA Leaders. They’re good examples of *Accusation in a Mirror*.

      Here’s a Reddit comment showing how MAGA [regularly & purposefully make *Accusations in a Mirror*](https://www.reddit.com/r/Law_and_Politics/comments/1k5ndlc/comment/mojcjq7/) (if you don’t see my Comment, scroll-down a tiny bit.)

      Additionally, these same MAGA Leaders regularly & purposefully **Dehumanize** numerous People and Groups:
      [Racist, vulgar rhetoric takes center stage at Trump’s MSG rally](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrVm_n5-a0c) (YouTube)
      [This Is What DEI Means (And Why Conservatives Get Super Racist With It) – Kat Abughazaleh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KW-sj35Vjc) (YouTube)
      [Why Republicans Dehumanize Marginalized People](https://www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comments/1ln5zzd/why_republicans_dehumanize_marginalized_people/) (Reddit post)
      [The Forgotten History of the World’s First Trans Clinic](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-forgotten-history-of-the-worlds-first-trans-clinic/) (article). If you hit a paywall, here’s an archived version: [https://archive.is/XEcyF](https://archive.is/XEcyF)

      Finally… [this link](https://www.reddit.com/user/biospheric/search/?q=%22Accusation+in+a+Mirror%22&type=posts&sort=new) isn’t working for some/most Folks. It’s supposed to be a Search query on Reddit for my posts containing the quoted phrase: “*Accusation in a Mirror*” (Newest on top). These posts are mostly images of tweets from Musk, Trump, Vance, that seem to deploy *Accusation in a Mirror*. 

      Edit: added the Trans Clinic link. And formatting. And…

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