• @Red_October
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    If only there was a term they could use referencing the use and threat of violence in order to achieve political gains. It feels like that’s a word that should exist already, and that Republicans should all be considered the domestic version of whatever kind of person would do that.

        • Flying Squid
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          211 month ago

          That’s just the Trump excuse. Everything atrocious that is said that gets pushback is a joke.

            • Flying Squid
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              91 month ago

              Pretty much. He “tells it like it is” when they agree with him and it’s a joke when they don’t. Reality is fungible for them.

    • @actually
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      121 month ago

      I know the term you are looking for, but probably the shooters are white Christian nationalists.

      Which means they are definitely not political terrorists who are terrorizing .

      But I could be wrong and these are terrorists. Who knows? Perhaps one is mixed race or stepped into a mosque within the last 20 years. Let’s keep an open mind

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        I know the term you are looking for, but probably the shooters are white Christian nationalists.

        Which means they are definitely not political terrorists who are terrorizing .

        wtf? Why christians wouldn’t be considered terrorists?

        • @T00l_shed
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          71 month ago

          I reckon it’s supposed to be sarcasm, that since they are white Christians they can’t be terrorists, unless they are “mixed” race or have been in a Mosque

            • @T00l_shed
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              31 month ago

              It got me the first time too. That’s how you know it’s great sarcasm!

      • @Shapillon
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        Nope, just plain ole terrorism.

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        Stochastic Terrorism means advocates for but does not personally commit it. There have been shootings, that isn’t stochastic.

  • @[email protected]OP
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    "Arizona Democrats closed their field office in Tempe, Ariz. after three shooting incidents. The office served as a base for the Sun State’s congressional campaigns and Vice President Harris’s presidential effort in recent weeks.

    "The Tempe Police Department said the latest incidents on Oct. 6 involved gun shots fired at the Democratic campaign office at around 12:30 a.m. They said no one was inside the building. Officers are now looking for a silver Toyota Highlander with an unknown plate, which was seen on the premises. "

  • @SeattleRain
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    This is a good thing. The constitution in intentionally design to preserve entrenched power. It’s why we’re the most powerful country in the world.

    • Flying Squid
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      “Whoever has the most guns and the best aim makes the rules” is probably not the best way to run a country.

      • @betterdeadthanreddit
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        People don’t seem to realize that “live by the sword” is just the first half of the common expression. On a related note, if we don’t have a plan to retake the southern states (again) stashed away next to the Canada invasion documents, somebody ought to get on that.

        • skulblaka
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          The plan to retake the southern states is quite literally just to let them kill themselves. Not one of them are self sufficient without federal funding. If they decide to bite the hand that feeds they’re going to have an awful time trying to find their own food.

          • Flying Squid
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            41 month ago

            The plan

            Who’s plan? That’s sure as hell not my plan. I don’t want a bunch of children starving to death.

          • @Myxomatosis
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            31 month ago

            With their chronic conditions and co-morbidities, all you would have to do is cut off the medication supplies and they would be done within weeks.

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      If by “goof thing” you mean a bunch of gun-nut goofballs are trying to undermine democracy and succeeding, then I agree.

    • @Myxomatosis
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      This is the dumbest shit I’ve read all week. If you want to talk about entrenched power, then look no further than The Heritage Foundation and The Federalist Society as well as their billionaire donors. No one is taking shots at them, of course.

      • @SeattleRain
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        Yes obviously not. Democrats are controlled opposition anyway intended to grind down any really social movements into the graveyard of democracy. Preserving capitalism. Which is a good thing.