• chaonaut@lemmy.4d2.org
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    4 hours ago

    It’s kinda ridiculous how out of touch the “why aren’t Americans regularly shooting politicians” crowd is. Like, just completely ignoring how militarized American law enforcement is and treating the gun ownership rates as evenly distributed instead of recognizing that the same people who support Trump are the sorts to own 20-100 guns.

    Hell, it wouldn’t surprise me if encouraging leftists to go out and buy guns to kill politicians is straight out of the COINTELPRO playbook, given what the FBI has been doing to the Muslim communities in the US. But no, by all means, they should keep ignoring the organizing and pushback that has actually been happening and keep baying for blood, regardless of whose

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Hell, it wouldn’t surprise me if encouraging leftists to go out and buy guns to kill politicians is straight out of the COINTELPRO playbook

      Americans love the idea of having someone else do their dirty work for free. So the endless “Why won’t anyone shoot more Republicans? I guess they’re all pussies” carping is less about the actual state of American politics and much more about people on the Internet wanting a new thing to jerk off to.

      I don’t know how you distinguish this from regular old Alex Jones tier bullshit.