the problem with guillotining people – even if you put aside that pesky ethical question of murder – is that you’re subsequently left with a bunch of people who have taken a lot of pleasure in using guillotines. The monster may have been beheaded, but the monster in you remains 
there are two kinds of people who are flippant about violence: idiots, and the malevolent. and the malevolent seize power every time. once you summon this demon you cannot unsummon it
https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1347550441962237955
if you speak lightly about advocating for this it’s likely because you’ve never come face to face with a murderer who delights in it
and if you get too good at memeing the murders into existence, you will find that their next delight is you
and if you get too good at memeing the murders into existence, you will find that their next delight is you
And one morning all was burning
and one morning bonfires
sprang out of the earth
devouring humans,
and from then on fire,
gunpowder,
blood,
Come and see the blood in the streets,
come and see
the blood in the streets,
come and see the blood
in the streets!
and one morning bonfires
sprang out of the earth
devouring humans,
and from then on fire,
gunpowder,
blood,
Come and see the blood in the streets,
come and see
the blood in the streets,
come and see the blood
in the streets!
cruelty leaks. dehumanization leaks. it stains the hand that wields it. all of human history has been trying to teach us this lesson. we must be better
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