• Fedizen@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You know you’re dealing with sane people when their first response is that genital inspections would solve the problem. /s

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      9 months ago

      Well, it might actually bring these lunatics to their senses if they were forced to strip for inspection before using the bathroom.

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    One social media post, by a user described as a “MAGA2024 Ex-con deplorable” and viewed 10m times, shows a male officer carrying a large gun next to a female agent in action at the Trump rally.

    Its caption says: “Secret service agents: Before DEI vs After DEI.”

    As the article says, the first female agent was appointed in 1970.

    Someone tell me who the woke liberal pro-DEI president was back in 1970 because Republicans must really hate him.

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    It sure seems like there were some serious concerns ahead of the shooting and I’m astounded there isn’t a policy in place where anyone at whatever level of the command structure could call a code word and immediately put the candidate in full protection mode until the all clear was given.

    Sounds like another Uvalde excuse where command structure wasn’t clear cut, quick to react, and decisive, but I guess we will see.

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      I’m sure they do, and the word is probably just “gun”. Seems like nobody called it, though.

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      That’s because even the secret service is security theater and many are playing dress up. They aren’t actually prepared when shot goes down. A public librarian, social worker, or nurse will react better.

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        A librarian will react better than someone trained, albeit inexperienced? I doubt it. The USSS agent should act equally or better on average, probably much better.

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          You have no idea what bullshit public librarians put up with and they don’t carry guns.

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    I will say those particular women that I saw were a bit short compared to the person they were guarding. When the agents ringed around him, his head was clearly visible above those ladies. That part seems suboptimal. This of course is true for some men too though.