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*Next right-wing terrorist attack* "Yeah but remember Virginia? Liberals are every bit as violent!" *Next 15 right-wing terrorist attacks* "Yeah but remember Virginia? Liberals are every bit as violent!" Edit: 
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TGLT posted:The idea behind violence against nazis is to push them out of public spaces because you can't reason them down and they will end up being violent anyways, such as say in busses with knives. And while poo poo there is a valid argument for velvet glove/iron fist approach in political activity, GI Berniebro and his one man battalion doesn't really fit into either of those. So the issue you have is this shooter didn't have a bigger team? Seems like shooting Nazis would certainly push them out of public spaces if you murder them.
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No Butt Stuff posted:No, this guy So ... Walter Sobchak finally snapped.
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Blitz7x posted:I fell hard for this
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Jun 14, 2017 16:51
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RottenK posted:I think that people are freaking out too much, but I also think that it's bad that some braindead idiot decided to go and give the GOP a ratings bump I am disappointed in his marksmanship. He didn't shoot up a pizza joint and instead went after something that is real.
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I'm glad Steve Scalise is not dead which is probably the nicest thing I have ever or will ever say about him.
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Jun 14, 2017 16:52
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SocketWrench posted:To paint him absolutely as a determined shooter wanting to kill innocent white republicans so they can get their persecution on in full. We already know that's true though.
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Jun 14, 2017 16:52
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This is dumb because now no one is talking about Jeff Sessions refusing to answer questions when it should be taking up all of the news cycles.
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Jun 14, 2017 16:53
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Hobo Clown posted:*Next right-wing terrorist attack* Because that is what's really important, a event that hasn't actually occurred yet that you're speculating about, not the actual politically motivated shooting orchestrated by the personification of the D&D liberal. e: Goddamn that's a good dogge though
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I hope Steve Scalise lives in fear
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RottenK posted:I think that people are freaking out too much, but I also think that it's bad that some braindead idiot decided to go and give the GOP a ratings bump  This was not a good thing, but I pretty strongly doubt that Republicans are going to be able to get much mileage out of it politically. Outside of the ~20% of the population that are dyed-in-the-wool Trumpkins, the public is just seeing chaos. They see the GOP as being unable to keep order, which was what they were promised last year. When our parents' generation looks back negatively at the year 1968, and the people in power at the time, these are the sorts of things that they describe.
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Al Borland Corp. posted:I hope Steve Scalise lives in fear Hm, what's a synonym for fear that would make you sound like a massive piece of poo poo here.
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Al Borland Corp. posted:I hope Steve Scalise lives in fear I'd prefer people vote white supremacists out of office than shoot them.
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Jun 14, 2017 16:55
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Sinteres posted:Hm, what's a synonym for fear that would make you sound like a massive piece of poo poo here. Shits his pants?
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Mind_Taker posted:This is dumb because now no one is talking about Jeff Sessions refusing to answer questions when it should be taking up all of the news cycles. I assure you that people would not have been talking about such an uninteresting topic anyway.
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Sinteres posted:Hm, what's a synonym for fear that would make you sound like a massive piece of poo poo here. Louisiana
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Mind_Taker posted:This is dumb because now no one is talking about Jeff Sessions refusing to answer questions when it should be taking up all of the news cycles. The investigation isn't going away no matter how many republican congress people get shot. Well, maybe it will stop if there is no one alive for them to investigate.
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To those worrying the most, what kind of legislation or executive action do you expect to be passed in reaction to this? And given the fairly blatant hostility that the federal judiciary has shown toward Trump's attempted power grabs, do you expect any of it to survive judicial review?
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Xombie posted:Actually people only care about domestic terrorism when it's targeting minorities. Charleston, for instance. White supremacists targeting government officials is downright common and it barely gets coverage unless they're mortally wounded. Even domestic wears off quick. And white supremacists normally target non republicans. Republicans care a whole damned lot when it's "persecution" against them whether real or imagined. See the past 8 years under a *gasp* black man
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Trabisnikof posted:So the issue you have is this shooter didn't have a bigger team? Seems like shooting Nazis would certainly push them out of public spaces if you murder them. I didn't say that was my stance, just that the idea isn't, as you earlier stated, to make Scalise Trabisnikof posted:less of a Nazi Yes, I do think, from a purely "is this effective" standpoint, that this kind of political violence has to come from an organized structure, with defined goals and a capacity to negotiate. Which is why I said earlier that unless some one was prepared to advocate for civil war they might not want to be praising this guy. I certainly don't think it's time for a civil war.
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Flip Yr Wig posted:To those worrying the most, what kind of legislation or executive action do you expect to be passed in reaction to this? And given the fairly blatant hostility that the federal judiciary has shown toward Trump's attempted power grabs, do you expect any of it to survive judicial review? All Congressmen (but for some reason not women) are required to open carry.
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TildeATH posted:I'd prefer people vote white supremacists out of office than shoot them. ¿Porque no los dos?
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Jun 14, 2017 16:58
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FWIW, that Trump's speech apparently isn't immediately going Max Crackdown is a less ominous sign than I had feared
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I firmly suspect that as a result of this there will be a series of laws passed making it illegal to shoot a sitting congressman.
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Hobo Clown posted:*Next right-wing terrorist attack* You realize you could just replace Virginia with abortion or Farcry 5 or whatever, right? Their persecution complex continues, regardless
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Sinteres posted:Hm, what's a synonym for fear that would make you sound like a massive piece of poo poo here. While I don't agree with Borland here, Scalise really is a very, very bad person. Trying to kill him was both immoral and counterproductive, but still, just a flat-out awful, racist person. I hope this is a "James Brady moment" for him - I'm not counting on it, but it would be nice.
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The far cry 5 mod to replace all bad guys with sitting US republican congressmen will go over well on Fox and Friends
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Spiritus Nox posted:FWIW, that Trump's speech apparently isn't immediately going Max Crackdown is a less ominous sign than I had feared If he tries you know he will gently caress it up.
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Spiritus Nox posted:FWIW, that Trump's speech apparently isn't immediately going Max Crackdown is a less ominous sign than I had feared Somebody else wrote it down and he read it, he'll go off the rails when he starts tweeting
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Push El Burrito posted:I firmly suspect that as a result of this there will be a series of laws passed making it illegal to shoot a sitting congressman. It's not already?
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Jun 14, 2017 17:00
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Outside of the abhorrent actions that the suspect carried out, I do find aggravation at the fact that this is another case of some dildo senior citizen loving things up for everybody else on the raft. Like I gotta be here for another sixty years or some poo poo. I really don't want to spend it in a fascist prison state.
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SKULL.GIF posted:Do you have any evidence that this guy was mentally ill or "thinking irrationally" or something? From what little I've seen so far I'm seeing a guy who 1. accurately identified that the rich are sucking up the vast majority of the wealth and 2. accurately recognizes the Republicans as active enemies of the people He drove from Illinois to Virginia and shot up a field full of people practicing baseball.
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 But guys you know how The_Donald is well known for letting dumb things that validate their persecution complex go. This will totally blow over and does not mark a scene change in how the Right Wing discusses the left wing from here on out. I'm certain that the right will not discuss all leftists as if we are all dangerous threats just looking for an opportunity to pounce and I am certain that the way they speak about us amongst themselves will have no future consequences for any of us. They will quickly get distracted by something else and move on, you'll see. This will be blown over before you can finish a bowl of strawberry ice cream. Prester Jane fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Jun 14, 2017 |
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Flip Yr Wig posted:To those worrying the most, what kind of legislation or executive action do you expect to be passed in reaction to this? And given the fairly blatant hostility that the federal judiciary has shown toward Trump's attempted power grabs, do you expect any of it to survive judicial review? joke: registration of all leftists and Bernie Sanders voters really: nothing will happen
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TildeATH posted:I'd prefer people vote white supremacists out of office than shoot them. Vote them out, go to a town hall and yell at them. Hell throw some rotten fruit, but for god's sake don't try to execute them at baseball practice, wtf.
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Prester Jane posted:
You're talking about this like they're not doing it already. I don't fear a bunch of assholes on Reddit and I don't see why you do.
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Jun 14, 2017 17:02
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Push El Burrito posted:Louisiana lol zing
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SKULL.GIF posted:Do you have any evidence that this guy was mentally ill or "thinking irrationally" or something? From what little I've seen so far I'm seeing a guy who 1. accurately identified that the rich are sucking up the vast majority of the wealth and 2. accurately recognizes the Republicans as active enemies of the people He was a baby boomer.
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Prester Jane posted:
you should probably shoehorn some made-up words into that post just so people know it's you
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