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David Gergen: Stand your ground killed Jordan Neely, but it's not what killed him.
He says stand your ground means if you're doing something I don't like I get to kill you.
Gergen says it's a culture of people who want to control other people forever.
The Nazis came to the U.S. to learn how to dehumanize a group they wanted to oppress.
Stand your ground makes the standard fascist claim: everyone agrees except you, and we're all defending ourselves against you. Once a group starts making that claim, it's not going to end well for whoever their current "you" turns out to be. They've decided all the ground is theirs, and the rest of us standing anywhere makes them feel threatened. Since all the ground is theirs, we have no way to get off it. And since they feel threatened, we know what's coming. I suggest we prepare to stand our ground..
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informal
Language
English
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offensive
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short-lived
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