TikTok ban cited by man suspected of setting fire to US congressman's office in Fond du Lac
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Police and fire personnel responded to the report of a fire at the strip mall containing the congressman's office at around 1 a.m. Sunday.

FOND DU LAC – A 19-year-old man accused of setting fire to a building in Fond du Lac early Sunday that included Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman’s office cited the TikTok ban as a motive in the incident, according to authorities.

The Fond du Lac Police Department said the Menasha man was arrested after being found near a strip mall, 525 N. Peters Ave., that contained Grothman’s district office.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    717·
    15 hours ago

    That’s not a reason to commit arson. You shouldn’t go around burning things and causing destruction.

    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      113·
      13 hours ago

      I mean, you do if you want to force change, punish more than a single person, want to disrupt activities, or want to make as big a scene as possible to gain visibility.

      Violent protest may not be popular, but it can work.

      The real problem here is that the moron doing it did it poorly, with little or no real planning, and ran the risk of unnecessary collateral damage. You gotta be careful with fire, and this wasn’t careful

      • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
        24·
        5 hours ago

        Really? You’re actually advocating arson as a potentially safe and effective way to effect social change?

        Grow the fuck up. I’m so glad you people lost political power this cycle.

        • blackbelt352@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 hours ago

          Apologies that leftists aren’t too much of cowards to hide behind talking heads promoting stochastic terrorism. I mean it’s not like leftists lying about what operations are being performed at hospitals led to bomb threats being called in or riling people up calling for trial by combat and needing to fight like he’ll moments before people violently entered the capitol building. Or constantly threaten to run over protesters, and many times actually do.

          I could spend more time looking up and pointing out all the right wing violence, but asymmetric bullshit principle and all that. Fuck off, progressive and left leaning people are tired of the double standard when it comes to political violence.

        • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          4 hours ago

          So you just gonna ignore all the times republican congressman and voters pushed for violence and actually committed it?

          Talk about needing to grow the fuck up.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
      86·
      11 hours ago

      Yes you should.

      This person was a Republican, that’s reason enough to fire bomb their face let alone a victimless crime like an empty office.

      Only status quo lovers argue against individual violence while sucking off state violence.

    • Loss@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      51·
      14 hours ago

      You’re only not a slave due to people going around burning things and causing destruction.