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The Trump campaign aims to use today’s shooting as a sort of Reichstag fire to incite his supporters to step up street violence while calling for more state repression targeting his enemies of choice.

The Biden campaign has already paused all outbound communications and withdrawn their television advertisements, ceding the entire field of narrative to Donald Trump, who will have no compunction about using his status as a victim to advance his efforts to victimize others.

One of the classic mechanics of totalitarianism is that protecting the safety of the leader becomes a justification for violence against large swathes of the population.

As centrists join the far right in paving the way for totalitarian rule under Trump, we have to organize to defend our communities. If you have been in denial about the challenges ahead of us, this should be a wake-up call to find each other and prepare for them.

  • octopus_inkEnglish
    572·
    5 months ago

    This was my literal second thought after I heard what happened.

    • detectivemittens@beehaw.org
      231·
      5 months ago

      I was worried about this since people were whipping a frenzy about how this had to be antifa.

      The shooter is a white male gun enthusiast Republican. How awkward for MAGA.

      • octopus_inkEnglish
        161·
        5 months ago

        I was worried about this since people were whipping a frenzy about how this had to be antifa.

        The complete and utter failure to understand what antifa is and is not has been one of the most entertaining aspects of the maga cult.

        Remember that very neatly painted “anarchy” symbol that “antifa” painted on that guys garage? lol

        https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minnesota-trump-supporter-pleads-guilty-fire-blamed-left-wing-vandals-rcna51799

        Could a Democrat or a “leftist” have been responsible for the attempt on Trump? Sure, but it seemed unlikely to me, and not because I have some belief that the left doesn’t have guns or nutjobs. Just didn’t feel like that kind of thing.

        But “antifa” coming to assassinate anyone? No. Sorry magas, antifa seems as hard for you to understand as is basic empathy for people unlike yourselves.

        • Che Banana@beehaw.org
          1·
          5 months ago

          sub sub makes the font smaller, its “~~” on either side that made it work, but thank you for giving me the tip so i can fart around with formatting now!

          • EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            2·
            5 months ago

            Ah, I couldn’t tell on my phone what specifically you were going for lol. It looked like you were trying to do the strike through text joke and the formatting didn’t work. Either way I’m glad it helped. I love using formatting tricks to play around with words in comment sections like this. Have a good one!