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    Mamdani could file charges against that audience member who threatened to shoot him. That was a terrorist threat. But good luck identifying a random person.

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      But good luck identifying a random person.

      If only there was infrastructure for identifying and tracking potential terrorists and criminals.

      Nah, let’s use it for identifying and tracking protesters or police officers’ crushes.

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      Agreed! The point of that is so stupid.

      Fun fact stupid used to be a scientific term used for people of lower intellect, as was the term idiot.

      But people got upset and then they changed it to retarded.

      But people got upset so they changed it to special needs.

      But people got upset so they changed it… etc

      Almost as if the words are bad because they are describing something bad?

      No matter what you call it nobody wants to be that. Sorry pearl clutchers, it suck’s that people use it to be mean, but they always will!

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    They want a war so trump can put in war time laws. while there are a few pretty smart people on that side behind the scenes pulling the strings, the general populace has no idea how stupid this will be. Military factions, small militias, food shortages, water…

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      Not to mention power and internet outages. We’ll pretty much revert to a developing nation of warring factions and no one will be safe.

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    Jamille Bouie recently posted a short about the Ted Cruz moment and the conspicuous silence of the liberal media.

    In the meantime, internet chatter between MAGAs are blood libeling liberals and calling for the hunting and execution of liberals, where, in this case, liberals include anyone who is not MAGA.

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    And yet everytime I mention using perfectly legal means of exterminating conservative cockroaches, my comments are deleted by conservative cockroach mods. The infestation is now inside the house.

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    We have gone down hill a long way in this country since McCain told that woman she was wrong at the campaign town hall.

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      Not enough people remember that. It’s when I knew we were fucked, and it’s what I point to for people who can’t understand we were like this before 2015.

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    MAGA mourning a shitbag neo-Nazi. However, they ignore the fact he wanted the Epstein Files released in full.

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    Republicans assume that people to the left of them are helpless, because we don’t attack them. Agency is not given to animals, because they can’t fight back. Thus, our lives have no meaning to Republicans.

    If we don’t fight, the delusion of Republican supremacy will never break.

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      And watch as some nod in approval, some shake their head disapproval and a worrying majority who look at you and say, ‘I don’t know’ as if they hadn’t heard anything

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    Republicans: Call for mass violence, murder, etc

    Republican Voters: RABID CHEERS

    Democrat: vaguely quote what a republican says

    Republican voters: Mass outrage and calls for retribution against the liberal hate agenda

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        Conservatives have done 90% of the political violence in this country since it’s literal inception.

        “People did riots for BLM once” - cities did not burn down. No one “lost everything” also several right-wing agitators where discovered instigating the start of violence.

        That’s also not “political violence by democrats ” unless your definition of “Democrat” is “anyone who isn’t both white and racist”

        Charlie Kirk was killed by a Republican. Both Trump shooters were republicans. Gretchen Whitmer. January 6th. The Michigan Millitia. Sandy Hook. Trayvon Martin. George Floyd. Oklahoma City. Both Kennedys. MLK Jr.

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        Nah kid. Even the DOJ points to the fact that most domestic terrorism in the US comes out of the right. Has been this way for decades. Hell, I recall the white supremacists in the 70’s and 80’s agitating for violence. Seen that shit since I was a kid younger than you.

        Besides, if the right never lies about their percieved foes, the leftists are all limp-wristed, vegan, trans soy boys that aren’t “manly” enough to own a firearm let alone have the balls to point one at another person.

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          Common sense: 80% of domestic terrorism in America is conducted by right wing people for right wing reasons.

          Republicans: 1 IN EVERY 5 TERRORISTS IS A DEMOCRAT!

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        “Democrats have cheered for Republicans facing consequences of their actions and going to jail, and thats, like, totally the same thing as Republicans fucking babies to death. BOTH SIDES THE SAME!”

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    Republicans are telling their Supporters to MURDER DEMOCRATS? Which they’ve ALREADY DONE in Michigan and ATTEMPTED with Nancy Pelosi? Thank GOD Democrats are FIGHTING THIS! Democratic Socialists calling for Peace!

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    One day Trump will be gone, but the millions of fascists he empowered will still be spreading their poison, committing acts of terrorism, and doing everything in their power to destroy secular democracy and equality wherever they can.

    This is a cancer we will need to eliminate using only methods our current constitution doesn’t allow. America needs a world class denazification. These monsters need to feel existential dread for ever externalizing their fascism, as a matter of law. Peace, prosperity and a civil society simply cannot exist with these people in it and free.

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      we are watching thr pardox of in tolerance writ large, if you tolerate intolerance… you get the US.

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        And Germany. And many other countries. The right is winning everywhere. The reality is people are upset and they think rightwing politics will solve it cause it gives them someone to blame.

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          This is correct.

          The fact of the matter is capitalism has failed as was inevitable. Its now been proven that capitalism, even with socialist elements mixed in, simply does not work. Some of the best countries in the world, such as Sweden, now experience the rise of the far right.

          The only solution is to abandon capitalism entirely.

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            Sexism and racism are the actual problem, it’s the manufactured fear reaction to non-white, non-male ascendancy in politics now that people of color and women ARE becoming economically and politically successful. Most of the liberal democracies in the west were okay with immigration and equality UNTIL those who benefitted from reachng for it started to threaten the idea of the ruling white male paradigm.

            Thing is the fear reaction always rises up, becomes malignant to the right and implodes it. Seen this one play out countless times in ways large and small for well over 5 decades.

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      I wholeheartedly agree, but I don’t think this country is capable. You call out anyone for their hateful thetoric and you are accused of being the one who is out of line. Americans are so unbelievably afraid of any confrontation or pushback that we will defend the evil asshole’s right to be an evil asshole, but never their target.

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        We had our chance in the 1930s and 40s. We failed back then. And with things even more stacked now there’s no chance. I’d like to be surprised. But everyone is still sleepwalking to be sure.

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          I may be misremembering, but wasn’t the general American population around the 1940s in favor of Nazism, until Pearl Harbor at least?

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            Much of Europe was actually, antisemitism has always been strong across western European countries like France, Spain, and (at the time it was still considered one) the UK. And appeasement was an appealing option that most countries were in support of right up until the moment that the Nazis were in their borders blowing things up. The idea that the Allies had always opposed Nazi Germany - and especially that they did so for moral and ethical reasons - is one of the biggest white washing propaganda programs in modern history.

            America holds the special distinction of being the only country besides Germany to hold a Nazi convention, though, and we did almost join the war on their side a couple of times while we were also funneling money and arms to various other nations in Europe.

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            A decent portion of it yes. Several ships of Jewish refugees turned away. There was even a plot to install their own authoritarian furer by deposing FDR. Unfortunately a lot of the details were lost to history due to FDR’s wheeling and dealing. Blackmailing the guilty parties in Congress to pass the new deal.But look up the business plot. The lot of them should have been publicly hung.

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      I’ve been saying this for at least 2 years now, I’ve gotten banned and barred from many social gatherings because of it. It was still worth it. It’s clear what we must do.

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      That is going to have to be doubly true for all the collaborators in the Democratic party who got us here or the problem will never be truly solved

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    Pretty sure all you talking about guns and civil war are drastically overestimating MAGA. We just need to put out an AI video of Trump claiming drinking Drano makes you immortal or something and the problem will take care of itself.

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      I mean ICE is both a joke and a scary brute squad.