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I think the people downvoting you are reacting to your rhetoric more than to the content of what you're saying. Basically, you're right that it's not just her, but I think you're wrong to say that she isn't worth singling out. Regardless of convention, she chose to not defy it. She chose to not change it.

The system definitely needs to change. But we, the people, are part of the system and can exert political pressure on other systems to change. Sometimes you need a person to be an icon of what is wrong, and work change through her. This is far more powerful than any act of violence. (And indeed, gross abuse of power is getting worse, but it is also not widespread. So while there are thousands of Americans who have won the "your life is now ruined whatever you do!" lottery held by the government, it's still only thousands. When more than 1% of the population wins this lottery (4M or so), then I think physical violence should be considered. But not before.



No, he somehow seems to have equated "getting rid" of Oritz with killing her.

Of course, I could be misinterpreting what is being said, and the commenter is free to correct me, but it does look that way given he jumped from removing Ortiz from office to assasination.




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