• Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
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    18 days ago

    So where are all those second amendment loving NRA patriots that believe that they need military grade firearms to protect their freedom from the tyranny of the government?

    Because if you’re waiting for the opportune moment, this is it.

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      18 days ago

      All these years we’ve been told that the reason it’s necessary to let innocent children die in mass shootings is just in case the need to overthrow a tyrannical government arises. Guess they died for nothing

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        15 days ago

        The right never fucking meant it. They wanted the stockpiles as a way of virtue signaling to each other and a way of signaling to out-groups (POC, liberals, uppity women, LGBTQ+) the not-so-veiled threat of that stockpile.

        Also, they wanted that stockpile so that when some shitty fascist government - like this one - gives them the go-ahead to join up with death squads, that’s they already have the arsenal for it.

        All that freedom and liberty mumbo-jumbo - just so much bullshit.

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      18 days ago

      You keep disarming yourself. The right has all the firearms. Who is driving the fascist? Is it the left? No… it’s the right wing…stop trying to disarm yourself, you make no fucking sense.

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        17 days ago

        And there it is.

        Half agree with you, the other half still believe in a sane world where laws matter and mean something.

        Man.

        I’ll never own weapons myself. I have one pistol that probably can’t even fire a shot. It’s old, it’s cheap, it’s half broken.

        Even if it could, I don’t believe in violence, and even if I did I’m not built for it.

        Still, I have studied some history. I know that it is necessary at times. It won’t ever be me though. I couldn’t ever harm another human being.

        If that means I lose, fuck it. Life is short anyway.

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      17 days ago

      and here we are,

      you’re validating the fears of the very people you dismissed, in the most backward ‘you might have been right about this’ I’ve ever seen, after decades of making gun ownership a partisan issue.

      and then you ask me why haven’t i sacrificed my life to go on a murder spree… to kill your enemies… this is exactly what you are asking.

      i don’t see where to join the Northwest Secessionist Forces, or any real opposition group to tyranny right now. what? is schumer going to send another nastygram?

      i highly recommend that if you are or know a disabled person, someone on the LBGTQ+ spectrum, or a minority, to get armed and get proficient in its use.

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    17 days ago

    He’s not lying … crime IS on the rise in DC…

    His crime, his cronies crimes, his family’s crimes, all rising sharply…

    From crypto scams with rugpulling, to grifting people into buying Trump labeled goods, to insider trading and willfull stockmarket manipulation, from breaking the rule of law to punishing political opponents, to taking bribes and giving bribes so not to be accused, from lying about proven data to forcibly adjusting them to his will. And the crime list is growing almost daily…

    Each accusation is an admission of guilt.

  • GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    The timing of this is interesting, right before he goes to a meeting in Alaska with Putin. Trump’s going to make some type of announcement after his meeting, something he knows will cause protests, and he’s locking down the capital beforehand to stop any protests from happening there.

    Is it going to be an announcement about the Ukraine invasion by Russia? Probably. But, based on Trump’s history, he may have made a deal to sell Alaska to Russia as the ultimate real estate deal. Wouldn’t put it past him.

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      17 days ago

      He has a wet dream of using the military against protesters, after he was stopped last time. Someone told him he needed the NG installed ahead of time to make it work.

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      16 days ago

      Indeed and the fucking Muscovites can keep the MAGAts and conscript, by force if necessary, into the Russian infantry. The USA invades Greenland.

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      17 days ago

      Uh huh.

      https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-city-removes-homeless-beautification-bidens-summit-chinese-president-xi

      You mean like how Russia sold Alaska to the US in the first place? Or how the US annexed Hawaii and overthrew their king?

      You want to talk about real estate deals?

      Blackrock buying real estate in Ukraine? Oh not directly. But what do you think it means? Generous selfless offers of help?

      Yeah yeah, Trump bad guy, but are you equally as well informed about what was happening anyways?

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        17 days ago

        What was happening then, has no bearing on what’s happening now. Russia sold Alaska to America back before modern extraction techniques made it a very valuable piece of land. I’m sure they would love to have it back now, and Trump would love to bolster his place in history for making large deals by selling it back to Russia.

        You’re using historical facts that have no bearing on the situation to try and argue that Trump wouldn’t do that, when he would do it in a fucking heartbeat if he thinks he can get away with it.

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    18 days ago

    Are we going to do what South Korea did and hit the streets? Or are we going to do what we always do and complain about the Epstein files?

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    17 days ago

    “The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital,” Trump wrote.

    So nice of him to find a place for them to stay. I can’t wait to hear where that place is.

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    18 days ago

    Why do they not arrest the biggest criminal in the Whitehouse? It would significantly lower the crime rate in DC

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    18 days ago

    he’s got evidence though, undisputable evidence:POTUS47 were allowed in and not arrested… convicted felons of various calibers are literally roaming streets of DC