• Twig@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights” - Charlie Kirk, 2023

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      11 months ago

      Ironically, this assassin literally justified the 2nd Amendment. You use it to off tyrants. And boy they sure did.

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        But this guy wasn’t even a tyrant. He was just a fucking pawn. And there’s going to be somebody else ready to step in and take his place.

        This doesn’t solve anything. It just gives the right a much needed distraction and the illusion of having an excuse to crackdown hard on the left. They would have done it either way, but this basically buys them cover.

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          Right? They’ve been treating the left so fairly this whole time and now we went and made them mad

          *Edit - I misread OP’s comment, and jumped on the wrong part.

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            Literally the opposite of what I said but sure. Would love to hear what the fuck you believe this accomplishes to stop fascism or even right wing propaganda? If the administration actually dials it back after this, I guess I’ll buy you a fucking drink and we’ll have a good laugh about how right you were the whole time.

            Every time something like this happens, I honestly wonder how many people are actually this clueless and how many are just astroturfing/trolls working on behalf of the right and this administration to spread disinformation and outrage propaganda. I would like to believe it’s a ratio of about 15:85, but I’m also an optimist.

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              I just re-read your comment and didn’t see the words “illusion of,” so I actually did misunderstand you and apologize.

              I’ll edit my comment to acknowledge that, but I’m still going to celebrate the dead fascist because it’s the news we need right now

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    11 months ago

    My water heater started leaking over the weekend. It was only seven years old, but I suppose since the warranty was six years, I shouldn’t complain? Anyway, I installed my new water heater today, so I can shower again. This one has a 12-year warranty, it might out live me.

    I just took a shower, I feel great. I’ll be going for a walk around sunset. It’s been a good day.

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    Someone interacted so what the heck. I have been watching broadcast tv and its not bad except for the commercials. Half of them are like what the am new radio station have. BUY GOLD!!! Another though is hawking this book about charlie kirk. barf.

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    11 months ago

    Trump ordered flags at half mast until Sunday. So this piece of shit got what he quite literally asked for and it’s a national tragedy, but innocent children killed in schools on a weekly basis get “nothing we can do about it, thoughts an prayers 🤷‍♂️.” Fucking clownshow.

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    Former President Barack Obama stressed that “this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy.”

    With all due respect sir, if our democracy were functioning for all of the people instead of just for the rich, people wouldn’t feel the need to vote with the ammo box.