• DragonTypeWyvernEnglish
    143·
    18 hours ago

    Literal sheepdog nonsense ❌

    Triggering fascists by stealing their stuff?

    I’m torn.

      • DragonTypeWyvernEnglish
        181·
        16 hours ago

        Gun-fetishizing fascists like to pretend they’re the “sheepdogs” protecting the flock from the ethnically ambiguous wolves. Or transpeople using public restrooms.

        It’s a whole thing, got popularized by American Sniper but Eastwood was just repeating some established propaganda.

        https://www.quotes.net/mquote/971176

        It’s dangerous and quite frankly patronizing rhetoric that fits right into that whole 3%er/Moron Abe mindset.

        https://loadoutroom.com/thearmsguide/im-not-sheepdog-shouldnt-either/

        You’ll note the author of that piece, even when trying to be rational and self effacing, just slobbers all over boots as he does it. I’m not going to hold it against a guy who gets it just enough to recognize something that’s toxic and dangerous when he sees it, but that’s also very typically the kind of guy I see at my range and they most definitely do not get it.

        • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          8 hours ago

          Wayne Kyle: Then you’ve got predators who use violence to prey on the weak. They’re the wolves.

          And then there are those blessed with the gift of aggression, an overpowering need to protect the flock. These men are the rare breed who live to confront the wolf. They are the sheepdog.

          Huh, how are these two different, Eastwood?

          This mixed metaphor aside, sheepdog ARE protectors of the flock by means of deterrence. They don’t attack wolves unless the sheep are in immediate danger. The problem is that fascists think shooting up a mosque, banning abortion, or deporting immigrants is ‘deterrence’.

          So, I’m in support of using their metaphor not only for progressives, but for actually using it in the logically correct sense.

          • DragonTypeWyvernEnglish
            1·
            3 hours ago

            Then get a rifle and start practicing instead of imagining yourself as a protector.

    • easily3667@lemmus.orgEnglish
      410·
      16 hours ago

      Better hardcore liberals willing to put their livelihoods on the line than those softie anarchists who refuse to do shit

      • CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.eeEnglish
        13·
        15 hours ago

        We all see how much the dems are doing to stand against trump. And I mean the party not individuals that the party shows very thoroughly they disagree with them when they stand up.