This is the “Hitler was a vegetarian so you’re a nazi if you’re a vegetarian” argument. Intent and context matter. Is all violence equal for you, as well?
Sorry, but is that really what you get from my comments in this chain of comments? That this is my point? Because then I really need to work on my way of phrasing things…
Yes. Your whole concept is that if you do something the fascists do then you’re the same thing. Tactics and motives aren’t intrinsically paired, the same objective activity can have entirely different motivations from one group to the next. Anonymity is a tool, it says nothing of motive other than not wanting to be identified, and the motives to oppress and to stop oppression can both utilize it for entirely opposing reasons to achieve entirely opposing goals. Fascists use guns to kill people, but guns also kill fascists, there are only so many tools and not using a hammer because the guy you hate uses a hammer to do things you don’t like, even though you can use a hammer to do different things than what they use it for, just means you don’t have a hammer to do the things a hammer is needed to do.
This is the “Hitler was a vegetarian so you’re a nazi if you’re a vegetarian” argument. Intent and context matter. Is all violence equal for you, as well?
Sorry, but is that really what you get from my comments in this chain of comments? That this is my point? Because then I really need to work on my way of phrasing things…
Yes. Your whole concept is that if you do something the fascists do then you’re the same thing. Tactics and motives aren’t intrinsically paired, the same objective activity can have entirely different motivations from one group to the next. Anonymity is a tool, it says nothing of motive other than not wanting to be identified, and the motives to oppress and to stop oppression can both utilize it for entirely opposing reasons to achieve entirely opposing goals. Fascists use guns to kill people, but guns also kill fascists, there are only so many tools and not using a hammer because the guy you hate uses a hammer to do things you don’t like, even though you can use a hammer to do different things than what they use it for, just means you don’t have a hammer to do the things a hammer is needed to do.