• Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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    So retribution is needed now?

    What if this was retribution for murdering, for example, a top Democrat in Minnesota and her husband?

    And why is Charlie worth two people? Using their logic, it could be said they still owe one for things to be “Even Steven”, perhaps a top Republican house member from another state.

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    The rightwing media isn’t going to do shit, except encite their mouth breathing, unhinged, brainwashed followers to do the violence for them. I don’t see Jesse Waters taking the lead into DNC HQ anytime soon

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      And the same people who always say “it’s too soon to talk about it” and “let’s not make it political” whenever someone brings up gun control after a school shooting.

      Personally, I think they are scared. They took the mask off too far with all of their extreme right wing rhetoric and were probably surprised themselves at his little push back they received. Feeling emboldend they kept pushing.

      All of a sudden they realise there might be, the most extreme, consequences from the positions they’ve publicly espoused, and they can’t just walk it back. So they’re panicking.

      That, or it’s a conspiracy and one of them did it to give themselves permission to go full fascist.

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    Weren’t the right already like… Kidnapping people off the streets? Murdering people in their homes? Wait, weren’t two democratic (ostensibly “left” to these commentators) politicians murdered earlier this year?

    Didn’t a bunch of right wingers try to overthrow the US government in a globally watched coup attempt YEARS AGO???

    It’s a “war” NOW? Why???

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      Last I checked, it’s the right-wingers who routinely call for or condone violence. Charlie Kirk himself called for a “patriot” to bail out Pelosi’s attacker. Trump called for people to murder Hillary, directly.

      Literally every notable, influential, figure on the left that I know of condemns political violence in no uncertain terms. They’re not the ones stoking the flames.

      Even now, all I’m seeing are right-wingers calling for blood against “the left” as if we all got together in secret and planned it out.

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      You thought they were bad when they only had imaginary grievances? Just wait and see now that something actually bad happened to one of them. These people are deranged.

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    “It’s really hard to radicalize Republicans. You know, it’s – we’re not the radical type.”

    They really just say whatever the fuck they want lol. Q Anon, Tea Party, Jan 6? The vast majority of political shootings in the last twenty years? As if we haven’t all seen the comments ON Fox News saying the most radical shit imaginable.

    It’s really crazy how reality has just become totally irrelevant.

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      There’s some accidental truth there though. When the entire party refuses to disavow blatant corruption, political violence, and unconstitutional actions taken by its members, how can they have extremists? Any rational people have been weeded out of the GOP, it’s only extremists now.

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      Don’t even have to look backwards. Try to imagine any public figure in “Liberal Media” saying half the shit they’re saying right now, but about Republicans.

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    trump declared war on US cities in the days before Kirk was shot…

    You’d have to be completely and willfully naive to think the right didn’t start this

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      Yup. They were already committing violence on the people. They’re just ramping up the rhetoric as usual.

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        But their violence gave them purpose and now their purpose has been given reason! Don’t you see how it was their victim’s fault???

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        Im confused about this joke, I keep seeing it, and I’m not understanding how it’s not homophobic. I never followed discourse about the guy. I’ve heard and seen much more about Ben Shapiro and Tim Pool.

        Could you do the worst thing ever and explain the joke, please?

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          It was Charlie’s lie to obfuscate the fact that the attacker who tried to kill Nancy Pelosi, but ended up nearly killing Paul Pelosi instead, was a right-winger.

          Where were all the think pieces about toning down the rhetoric then? Did right-wingers hold a minute of silence for Paul? Did they swear revenge on the attacker and everyone on the same side of the political aisle?

          Or did they laugh and make homophobic jokes?

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          When Paul Pelosi was attacked, conservatives instantly started claiming it was a dispute with his secret gay lover. Charlie Kirk celebrated the attack and called for someone to bail the guy out.

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      We don’t even know who killed the guy yet

      It doesn’t matter at this point, the current narrative has already picked up too much steam

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    They’ve been saying this for decades, they really fucking want it, they hate us with a burning passion and the feeling is mutual. This country is doomed.

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    He added: “And we are going to avenge Charlie’s death in the way that Charlie wanted to be avenged.”

    …. So Charlie’s angels?

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    Took 8 to 16 hours to disseminate the marching orders, even though they should be no surprise to anyone.