• x4740N@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Is it verified that that is the actual account of the person because theirs a chance someone out there exists with the same first name and last name

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldOP
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      9 months ago

      Go back and watch the video. Tank Driver went out of his way to avoid running Tank Man down.

      Wish more American beat cops would have shown the restraint of that Chinese tank commander.

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        Yes…but the day before was the actual incident, where they ran over dozens of citizens and covered the streets in blood. The guy who stood up to the tanks just happened to be there as they were leaving, and knew cameras were on them.

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      9 months ago

      I mean, to be fair, the Nazis killed a lot of Nazis. They really just like killing people. Kind of what they were known for, and probably what they will keep doing.

      It’s a rather unhealthy mindset these creatures have.

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      9 months ago

      If only we could find a way to make them fight each other, that’s how Nazis always eventually end up but only after killing everyone else.

      • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Gunman was a republican, so that tracks.

        Unsure if drinking-the-Nazi-koolaid type of republic, or registered-R-just-to-fuck-with-their-primaries type of republican. Should find out soon.

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          If it wasn’t the actual office of POTUS, I’d be completely unsurprised and slightly bemused to find the same bumbling paper trail they used for Stormy Daniels

          No way in hell was this a real attempt but we’ll be hearing about it every day forever now

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    That’s the opposite of libertarian. The “Don’t tread on me” snake flag is Libertarian. And this has a killdozer on top of the snake. The imagery and wording is exactly the opposite.

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      It’s the opposite of what libertarians claim to be, but 100% aligned with the direction libertarianism would actually take.

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        The Silver Legion, one of the first groups to classify themselves as libertarian, in the contemporary sense, as opposed to libertarian-X, were supporters of Fascism. So, it is in the DNA. Claiming one thing, while working for the opposite, is just a facet of fascism.

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    9 months ago

    Does every single human need to be put into neat little categories without any grey room at all? It’s always good vs evil! Yeah! Exactly how life works! No complexity! 🙃

    I’m a Bernie supporter. Pretty liberal. I wish no one died, the shooter included. I hate Trump, but stop cheering. Why are we celebrating the end of our species? We’re all human. It’s someone’s son, or brother, or family, or friend.

    #ScreamingIntoTheVoid

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    It’s not going to matter what the shooter’s politics were. Desperate Never Trumper, deranged libertarian kook, the antifa boogeyman made flesh, he’s the “not us” in the fascist binary that everyone gets lumped into. They will keep insisting it’s the Democrats and liberals who caused it, because those are their catch-all terms for anyone who is not a fascist.

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      9 months ago

      This post isn’t about the shooter’s politics. It’s about the bystander that took the bullet intended for Trump.

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        9 months ago

        I thought I did read it. Comprehension is another matter. I think I’m on doom scroll autopilot since yesterday. I’m… just really fucking drained tbh

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        I think it applies equally, the fallen victims will be held up and honored no matter what they had done, the shooter will be an evil antifa devil no matter who he was, and Trump will be the barely escaped Messiah no matter if this was a lone wolf attempt or a conspiracy

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      It seems like you wrote your comment thinking that the post was about the shooter, when it was about the person that got shot.

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        Yeah, and it seems like most people replying to the post thought the same thing. The reading comprehension of users on Lemmy is worrying, sometimes.

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    The real killdozer guy never killed anyone (though he did try, I think). Granted, abusing memes shouldn’t be a dome-able offense but like this doesn’t feel as bad as like hearing about the tenth school shooting in a year. At best, this guy died getting what he wanted - helping his corrupt criminal politician du jour get a snazzy photo op.

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      FTR, IIRC he did not try & he actively went around some (stupid) people that got in the way of the killdozer. He wanted to level buildings, property of all the people that he felt “wronged him”. He was stopped only when the killdozer fell into a basement, foundation & he was embarrassingly stuck like a Roomba. He then took his own life, with the gun that had precisely 1 bullet in it.

      Now I don’t like this man being made out to be some kind of hero; this, too, is inaccurate. Truth is, he was a shitty businessman who was offered a lot of money to evacuate his property, make room for another development, which he accepted. And then changed his mind like a little bitch. Then he tried to get more money & was denied. Then he was railroaded via eminent domain because of course, he fucked himself & now had this property with much lower value & idk no good entryway or something (JFGI). Then he liquidated all his earthly possessions & built this killdozer…again, because he was a butthurt, greedy little bitch that went back on his word & rejected good offers…to destroy properties. But not kill people.

      • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.world
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        Even moreso, during breakdown of the killdozer the state intentionally sent the parts to many different refineries to prevent a worker or otherwise recognizing original killdozer parts and saving them as trophies to turn him into a folk hero. Specifically because he was just a butthurt bitch not some “rebel of the people” or whatever other icon someone could come up with.

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    9 months ago

    Not sheading any tears for a MAGAT that got popped attending a fascist wanna be dictators rally.