A common theme in these comments is justifying retribution against the left as if everyone in the country is for or against one team or the other- when in reality many of us are in the middle and think injustice remains evil no matter who does it.

Funny thing is, I’m not 100% sure which “side” you are referring to…

You should, it’s pretty clear MAGA are completely out of their minds… if you’re equating anything that happens in your country to whatever happened under Biden or Obama before that, you’re delusional. The government is speed running fascism, and the apathy of the opposition should be terrifying.

Which comments you have an issue with?

I presume they are referring to these ones: https://reason.com/2025/10/10/tennessee-man-arrested-gets-2-...

They’re bots.

Trump was not elected by bots. Half the US population is hateful.

Don't make the mistake of thinking comments on a random article are indicative of the way the population actually thinks. They may not even be real.

Oh, they are real, they aren't just bots, and they've all been emboldened.

Go on these people's facebooks, or invite them to Thanksgiving, you'll see the same firehose of shit.

> Go on these people's facebooks, or invite them to Thanksgiving, you'll see the same firehose of shit.

A fun game is to look at Facebook profiles selected from random comment sections.

By doing this, I have come away with even less understanding of people’s believes, motivations, etc.

Profiles can be faked too

exactly, clicking on most bluecheck accounts on any politically active post on twitter and you will likely find a bot posting 24/7 about politics, usually as a right wing troll, been quite a while since I spotted a leftist one, but I have seen a few.

I used to think that, then the last decade happened. The conspiracy theorists are in the halls of power now and their followers are frothing at the mouth for revenge against perceived enemies. The uncomfortable uncle at Thanksgiving is now driving national health policy and funding.

They are real. I cleansed 100s of people from Facebook that were planning Charlie Kirk vigils and shit. It's real.

Are you seriously claiming it to be objectionable to mourn for a man who was murdered in cold blood? That's pretty fucked up if so.

What concern of it is yours? Will you mourn whomever I ask you to mourn? Sounds like an absurd proposition.

> claiming it to be objectionable to mourn for a man who was murdered

To be fair, a vigil held in the wake of a death is in mourning. A "vigil" held today for Kirk is a right-wing rally.

There is a huge difference between holding a vigil and demanding retribution.

Reason is a big part of how we got here. Billionaire funded climate denial etc. so they have big audience of idiots they've cultivated.

Libertarianism is often described as a broken clock and it's their time of the day again.