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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Just the pedos creating a distraction from the Epstein files. GOP voted down their release yesterday.

[–] malloc@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

It wouldn’t surprise me if GOP killed their own political pawns to at least delay the Epstein files debacle and their own pedophile in chief being implicated in them.

Probably wanting to delay it for as long as possible until the dude croaks during a live interview.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Heh remember when a black guy got elected president and certain people literally burned effigies of him?

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 16 points 8 hours ago

Remember when the one guy who was whiter than Trump wouldn’t go along with their coup and he had to dodge his own secret service agents in order to survive?

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago
[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 16 points 9 hours ago
[–] philosloppy@lemmy.world 20 points 10 hours ago

Kirk wasn't even a politician, he was a talking head. And not even an A-lister like Shapiro or Jones. These guys are looking for an excuse to become violent and it didn't take much.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

I don't feel this very fair to those of us on the Left that have been calling for violence for 8 fucking years now, at least.

[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 25 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

these are the people who call for violence over corporate logos, M&Ms, and razor blades. they're always calling for violence, and we're always giving them the mic.

[–] selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 24 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

...these fucking people.

Just shut up and go away already. Just move to Russia since you like the taste of dictator balls so much.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 39 points 15 hours ago

They’ve been getting more and more violent for 9 years, so I really don’t see how this is a change. They literally tried to overthrow the government.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago
[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 16 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Oh so now it’s time for war.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Yes. Agreed.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It wasn’t a war before because no one was standing up to them. They got to be violent without a care in the world and now they’re in danger.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

They start it. They egg it on. They should all go back where they came from.

Edit: Just in case someone doesn't get the context. I'm talking about the MAGA's. I told two of them a month or so back to go back where they came from. They balked completely at at loss for words.

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

In their defense....it is very difficult to crawl back up into one's own ass

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

They crawled out of that hole they can damn well crawl back in.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Damn, Wikipedia already wrote a 15-page article about this. (at least it feels this long)

And it almost happened on 9/11, again.

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 20 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

They have no idea who the shooter was. They literally don't care. They are ready to just immediately blame the left, even if none of us had literally anything to do with it. Bunch of bloodthirsty psychopaths.

[–] Thom@discuss.online 1 points 8 hours ago

They love the victimization and pretend they are attacked by an enemy that's not even there

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

wasn't it figured out that the first trump shooter was literally a republican or sth?

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 55 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

It wasn't war when one Dem politician was killed, one was attempted. And a gubernatorial assassination was attempted?

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Don't forget the deadly coup

It literally has nothing to do with Kirk. They're just looking for any excuse at all to start a civil war.

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[–] livejamie@lemmy.zip 10 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Here are some of the comment's below Asmongold's video where he says 90% of all of the violence is from the left, who continue to terrorize people daily, and that until violence happens to them, it isn't going to stop.

- They tried to kill Free Speech today. But all they did was martyr him. And they aren’t going to want to deal with the ramifications of it. (+7.4k)

- They killed the "lets talk it out guy". They have no idea what theyve done (+589)

- They could not win the debate, so they removed the debator. When the option to resolve differences through speech is removed, the only thing left is war. That is where we are currently at, and people feel it. (+361)

- Democrats havnt been this pissed since Lincoln took away their slaves. 😢RIP young man (+316)

- Ironically, this is going to be a turning point. In trying to silence him, they have made them a martyr. I’ve been saying this for years, it’s time to stop taking the high road with these lunatics. (+195)

- Being from the UK my government calls me far right, applies the law unequallly and persecutes the native population. Dont let it get this bad America. RIP Charlie. (+183)

- There's tweets, reddit comments, and bluesky comments already advocating for more violence against conservatives, and upvoted hundreds of thousands of times. They by their own words, are "just getting started". Keep your head on a swivel. (+175)

- Conservatives should no longer tolerate the intolerable. (+155)

- In the past two years there have been three high profile assassination attempts on Conservative politicians. Two on Trump, one which nearly killed him, and now another, unfortunately successful, on Kirk. All by leftists. In that same time, not one high-profile attempt has been made on a Democrat politician. (+140)

- MAGA won't be silenced. The left has been demonizing the right for years as being the violent ones. After today, they might just get their wish. (+129)

- I listen to both sides of politics . When one side keeps continuing to passionately assassinate the other side to silence them; I then lean more side that being silenced. (+108)

- You can only push people so far before they say “enough”. Enough of the riots, enough of the protests, enough of the doxing, enough of the rhetoric, and enough of the violence. To a certain point trying to take the high road has enabled these people to feel like they can get away with doing these things. So the only way to solve that is to start standing up and letting them know that they can’t. Time to rise up. (+82)

- I remember months ago when Asmon called it where something big was gonna happen due to the rhetoric like HAMAS DIDDY PIKER kept spewing would bring. Also not just Hasan but others in his orbit and community keep advocating for this type of violence and yet TWITCH does nothing and its such a shame. (+81)

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 14 hours ago
  • I remember months ago when Asmon called it where something big was gonna happen due to the rhetoric like HAMAS DIDDY PIKER kept spewing would bring. Also not just Hasan but others in his orbit and community keep advocating for this type of violence and yet TWITCH does nothing and its such a shame.

Fun fact, Twitch is owned by Amazon. Amazon is a corporation that only cares about making a profit. If the top streamer on Twitch was about eating puppies. Amazon would be like "Yeah, eating puppies is not really bad cause we like money."

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[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Finally. The US can implode like Rome did, but less gloriously, of course.

From the ashes...well, plants will grow again? I don't know.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 19 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Between this and WSJ claiming there's antitrans inscriptions on the ammo, this is almost certainly a false flag, meant to incite just such a war on LGBTQ+.

[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Pro-trans, anti-fascist. But the investigators aren't standing by the report, at least not yet. https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot/card/ammunition-in-kirk-shooting-engraved-with-transgender-antifascist-ideology-sources-pdymd1sXXMSlVRhpvR4b?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAgKvzG2b0FvFXcFPczXjOvCskYu3jEfXZkxNungHw8bJqObl38FQfAAHwwlGQ8%3D&gaa_ts=68c37bac&gaa_sig=OaA8buSo8cn-zHLtktUJDGj07ElRbp74Jzl2IaZOD2IzB_Lf3CJIDw98fYTyscm-QAHoUu_i_ZmKJ46-SruI7A%3D%3D

An early bulletin circulated widely among law enforcement officials said investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of "transgender and anti-fascist ideology" inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. But some officials later Thursday cautioned against reaching conclusions based on the internal report.

The bulletin said an older-model .30 caliber hunting rifle was discovered in the woods near the scene of Wednesday’s shooting at Utah Valley University, wrapped in a towel with a spent cartridge still in the chamber. There were also three unspent rounds in the magazine, all with wording on them, it said.

[–] ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Is this a trend now? Who inscribes bullets? This seems a little too, "We need to really spell out the motive to people so they know exactly what to think about this.".

I'm kinda curious now how you even go about inscribing a bullet. I feel like a hand tool would just not really produce a legible result, and I've never really even heard of a machine for it. I'm not saying it's impossible, but really rare to see and kinda weird that the last two high profile shootings had inscribed bullets to really drive home the point.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 43 points 21 hours ago (9 children)

What if they discover it was a republican or foreign shooter? Not a Democrat. Then what happens to this narrative they feel they need to push?

[–] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

They frame a trans person, they are already setting the stage with wsj saying there's "trans inscriptions" on the ammo of a bilt action they found in the woods

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 40 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting that the GOP might lie in furtherance of an agenda?

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago
[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 18 hours ago

Imagine wanting to kill/die for this creep.

Fash are effing losers.

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