• LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world
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    “Law and Order” says the party voting for guy with 2 impeachments, 70+ indictments, and being charged for treason.

    Fuck these shitbags

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    People are desperate, angry, and feel like they have nothing to lose. Because regardless of who is in office, they never help. And people who feel.like they have nothing to lose, are going to act like they have nothing to lose.

    Soooooooo many of our issues could be solved with the bare minimum social systems in every other developed country

    Billy Bob ain’t going to try and overthrow the government if he feels the government is looking out for him, even if he’s still a racist piece of shit, he’s now got something to lose if he fucks around.

    Just like with other terrorists, the best way to fight them is figure out why people are joining their organization and then fix whatever issue makes people do it. It’s a lot easier to prevent an extremist than to fix one after

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      People are desperate, angry, and feel like they have nothing to lose. Because regardless of who is in office, they never help.

      We have ONE party that loves and needs division and desperation so they block anything that makes lives easier. The GOP needs riled up, angry people to get elected to “fix things” - that is why nothing changes - witness their immigration strategy.

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        Yeah, but it’s not just racist hillbillies that feel like they have nothing to lose…

        That’s a lot of Americans these days. And they make up a lot of the 1/3 that don’t vote.

        So the other party could sweep elections for decades if they start doing all they can.

        FDR only lost two states in 1936. Because people trusted FDR to actually try and help them.

        Even tho his push for universal healthcare for stopped by moderate Dems, he still kept getting elected. Because just trying is enough for American voters

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      That sounds a lot like socialism and we can’t have that commie trash here!

      Murica!

      /s

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      Exactly. Likewise, the greatest way to fight the “war on terror” would’ve been through legitimate support and education, but that would not have enriched the US fossil fuel and MIC oligarchy, or pleased the bloodthirsty neanderthals who refuse to support and educate their own neighbours, so it’s a non-starter — now, here we are, and everything’s worse.

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      Billy Bob can’t string together 5 functioning neurons and synthesize that he’s being manipulated by intelligent people who would watch the world burn for that sweet dolla dolla bill. Give him a $100K welfare check and he’d behave exactly as he does now, the marionette that he is.

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      Then why don’t these assholes vote for people who actually propose things to help them?

      Regardless of whether they can even be passed with a broken Congressional system, the Republicans they’re supporting don’t even pay lip service to helping anyone anymore. They don’t promise support, they actively destroy the support, they spit on the very idea of support. Routinely

      And yet these people go to the polls for them.

      We are loooooong past the “economic anxiety” excuse.

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    The last time it got close to this bad, it ended up in the Oklahoma City Bombing.

    What’s going to happen this time?

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      It’s not something that’s always in the forefront of my thoughts, but I’ve been expecting something like that since qanon took off

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      Before the OKC there was Ruby Ridge Massacre and Branch Davidian Cult Massacre which one could say led directly to the retaliation against the FBI.

      Until the javkboots bomb a whole city block like the MoVE bombing in Philly 1985, I’ll say things are pretty tame comparatively.

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      I get what you’re saying and I wonder also. But at the same time, the terrorism has been happening; look at all the racially motivated attacks we’ve seen since 2016.

      I expect more. But to your point i wouldn’t be surprised to see another major act of domestic terrorism on par with the Oklahoma City Bombing.

      I feel like things are way, way worse than they were back then. Way worse than it’s been since the civil rights era.

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        Oh I know it’s been happening. But it’s been (relatively) small scale by far. Something big is coming though, I would bet on it.

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          I certainly won’t bet against you on that, as much as I might hope you’ll be proven wrong. Shit is going to get wild depending on how the presidential election turns out.

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      Which one?

      To be clear I know which one you were referring to. But isn’t it kinda fucked up that there’s been enough that you might even have to stop to ask that for a second.

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      But do we out-gun them?

      I don’t think any civilians should be able to own firearms, but those MAGA cunts own them and you can be damn sure I’m not going to let them get one up on me.

      Everyone, buy a gun, train thoroughly, and don’t let these assholes bully us into letting them run the country.

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        Unfortunately this is the way.

        This isn’t a game, the police will not protect us, that’s been shown. They’ll happily club an old lady to the ground and shoot you in the face with rubber bullets if you get near them. I tell my friends as often as I can now is the time. Get a gun or two (a long one a short one) and learn how to use them. Learn some basic medic training (you just need to know how to stablize somebody). Start networking with like-minded people around you. Learn how to rely on yourself and your community. The rightwing wants to install a theocracy in the U.S. in disregard of whatever personal freedoms you hold dear and they’re very close to accomplishing it.

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    Absolute dumbasses. The lowest achievers from high school, never left town, and signed up for Facebook one day, and now here we are.

    In my state, claiming to be part of a militia, unless you’ve been specifically called up by the Governor, or activated by the feds somehow or another, is a felony.

    These groups needs to be considered terrorists, their assets seized, and their presence made illegal. Their goal is the violent oppression of minorities in violation of the Constitution.

    Long time ago the Supreme Court said advocating to overthrow the government is protected First Amendment speech, and that made sense when I learned about it but now I think it was a mistake, said from a place of great comfort.

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        You’re ignoring the majority of the second amendment, as well as it’s history.

        It’s also gone through the Supreme Court and confirmed as constitutional - because private paramilitary organizations are not protected by the 2nd amendment, from Presser v. Illinois in 1886 all the way through DC v. Heller in 2008.

        Your understanding of the 2nd Amendment seems to be limited to the single line of “keep and bear arms”, ignoring the remainder of the amendment as well as it’s historical basis as part of a desire to not have a standing army.

        I recommend learning more about it.

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      I’ve met Trump-voting conservatives that flat-out said they believe Communism could work.

      They’re people too, with all the nuance that comes with it.

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    So funny, the proud boys guy was of Mexican descent, the guy in this article seems of middle eastern descent, can they really be this dumb and support white supremacy ideology?

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    So they claim it is NRA country, and that they are rattlesnakes that one should not tread on.

    Add this together and deal with rattlesnakes the American way: Simply shoot them.