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    The Minnesota political assassinations were less than 3 months ago.

    These fuckers are just freaked out that the people they encourage their followers to shoot may be starting to shoot back.

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      It’s probably a disgruntled MAGAt, although the fact that they are still at large probably means they are too smart to have been a MAGAt.

      Then again, if it were a white male with a red hat they probably could have slipped in and out pretty easily. Has anyone done the math on how far the shot was?

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        IMO it doesn’t matter who it is any more than it matters that vaccines are safe, Magats will make up their own story. 20 years of social media saying the guy’s a hard right nutcase will just be considered a liberal conspiracy.

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    Funny how when a liberal politician is shot, they’ve been “killed”, but when a conservative influencer is shot, it’s “assassination”.

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      Lmao it’s like “private healthcare” and “government-run healthcare”

      You fucks don’t get to mix both, either way public/private or say government-run/corporate-run healthcare

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      Isn’t the word “assassinate” reserved for elected officials? Why tf is the media using this language for this jabroni who was a civilian?

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        No, monarchs and heirs can be assassinated as can appointed officials. It refers to all public figures killed for reasons relating to their being a public figure

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        Most recently, that guy who shot four people in Minnesota (two politicians and their spouses), killing one couple and leaving the other pair wounded.

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          Saw the post below right after I said that. Totally forgot about it. News is kind of flooded with shit every day, it’s so hard to even remember major events like that.

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            And that’s EXACTLY what this regime is going for.

            Yes, regime. This is not a democratic administration.

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    And this is not a controversial person. This is not polarizing guy, a divisive person

    He’s like Socrates

    Fox News hosts are simply unbearable.

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    “The enemy within”, “Rats”, “Demon-crats”

    The Nazis dehumanized the Jews like this

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    I love that these two bit conmen are all like “they’re at war with us?!” When they’ve been trying to incite war with “us” for the past decade or so. It’s hilarious how it’s now all our fault. Also, Jesse Watters is a cunt and a deplorable human being. Let me know when someone of worth has something to say.

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      They’re the same people who think it’s the Palestinians who are the attackers. They’re classic, boring, textbook bullies who don’t like it when the kid they’re torturing gives a free one to the nose and so they run to the teacher crying.

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    Political violence is of course bad… but as soon as you call for it, especially indirectly, you deserve whatever comes to you. Stochastic terrorism is still terrorism, and there’s not a lot more American than the fact we don’t negotiate with terrorists.

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    Patiently waiting for the shooter to be a hard right conspiracy nut so I can play this clip back

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      As funny as it is, nothing matters to these people. They find out that he rented twilight 12 years ago and determine that he must be one of those homosexuals, who are now at war with them.

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    “my daughter loved him. I mean, she’s 13 years old. This is a man who touched an entire generation of Americans”

    PHRASING!

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    He’s like Socrates. He asks questions, and he does it with a smile. And there’s nothing controversial about saying, ‘socialism is worse than capitalism. Men and women are different. Let’s put America first,’ because that’s all he was about, putting America first.

    Guy isn’t even cold and they’re moving on to more culture war bullshit.

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    My brother in christ, your side had already deployed the military on American soil and kidnapped our neighbors, this ain’t a start of a war, it’s engaging with an active invasion.

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    They attack and they attack. When a perceived attack happens they act like now is the time to attack. Just like yesterday and the day before.

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    You thought a “culture war” would never turn into a “war war”?

    Aren’t you the fucking clowns that just declared war on Chicago and Portland like a week ago?