• DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Meanwhile a couple of links down on my feed there’s an article about one of the Heritage Foundation guys claiming most political violence is committed by the left… 🙄

    The projection never ends…

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        Yeah, it isn’t great for my mental health, but this is the most important election in history, and I have to fight until the end

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        Let’s be very clear here: the Heritage Foundation aren’t brainwashed dumbasses. They’re the malicious architects of turning America into a neofeudalist Christofascist white ethnostate. Stopping them would do more for reversing America’s decline than removing Trump. He’s the symptom; they’re the cause.

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          Id say its more like an ouroboros at this point the cult of personality helps mobilize the dipshit which further empowers the heritage foundation which further empowers trump. Removing two of the elements would collapse it though and removing one would severely weaken it.

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      Ah yes the very same hedge foundation that said their American revolution will be bloodless if the “left allows it”.

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    For people who oppose cancel culture so much, suddenly it’s not so bad when they can use it to their advantage.

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      You are mistaken my friend. They oppose anyone but them using cancel culture, just like everything else. I’m sure their motto is ‘if you can’t win, cheat!’

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    I live in Canada, so…

    Give it your best shot? At most, I’d lose an ear so…

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    Lol, I’m in danger.

    How did Trump know that everyone was talking about his political campaign?

    His ear was burning.

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    I’m tempted to make one now out of pure spite, but there is no joke that is bigger than Donald himself.

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    And people mocked Jack Black for canceling his tour.

    You can’t put on a good performance while also putting your audience in danger.

    These people need to be locked the fuck up for death threats. It’s very, very simple.

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        This is just so glib.

        I mean I get your point. I even back you to a degree.

        But you’re calling out a popular entertainer for not wanting to put on a show - which requires a support staff, venue, and audience - while now having to think what nut might be in the audience waiting to take a shot.

        MAYBE this shit is already stressful enough for Jack without worrying about everyone around him and how that extra stress will undermine their performances as they do this shit night after night for the entire tour.

        But no, tell him he must go on. It doesn’t cost you shit. You don’t have to live with the stress of it all.

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          Yea, I get it, but this shit is exactly what gives these people power, and emboldens them to continue to do it to others, both more and bigger. It got to this point specifically because the people who can stand up to it chose not to, and so now if you so much as make a comment about these fucks in an attributable space it’s expected that they’ll make credible death threats and bomb threats, maybe even blow up a building, who knows. And it’s your fault for saying it, because I mean look at the way you were talking. Practically asking to be murdered.

          Fuck that.

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            I’m not saying you’re incorrect, but it’s easy to be principled when it’s someone else in the cross-hairs.

            Victim blaming is wrong, but boisterously inviting danger is stupid.

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        Because kowtowing to the American Nazi Party is obviously the right solution

        This is what people say when it’s not them being targetted. United States Congresspeople refused to convict Trump. Cities had to beef up security when announcements about his trials happened. This isn’t your average joe. This is a man with unlimited resources at his disposal, millions of lone wolves willing to do his bidding, including committing acts of violence, and a national megaphone to call them to action.

        But hey, you do you. I’m sure that when you become the target of the Trump Hate Machine, you can show all of us how to handle daily death threats, family members being targeted, losing your job, and maybe having your home broken into and getting hit in the head with a hammer. Or having to go into hiding. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Let me know how random citizens are supposed to handle that. I’m sure Ruby Freeman and Shea Moss would like to know too.

        In case you haven’t been paying attention lately, I’ll clue you in on something: MAGA morons have no problems using violence to get their way. And it’s very possible any attempt at retribution could include something happening at one of his shows. And if there are credible threats being made to him or his band, continuing the tour just tells his would-be assaulters where he is every day. It would be practically suicide.

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        Careful there buddy, without the /s we aren’t sure if you were addressing the RNC.

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      I don’t care about the cancelation of the tour, but him saying he iced all projects with Kyle does not sit right with me

      If they were friends like Jack claims, he would say something like: "I know him very well. It was a joke in poor taste, but it was only a stupid joke in the spur of the moment. " instead of distancing himself from the heat

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        Jack also has a pretty active acting career that Kyle doesn’t. So it makes sense that publicly he’d want to distance himself as much as possible, at least for now.

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        He’s got kids I don’t think Kyle does. Gotta do what you have to so crazies don’t lash out at you or yours. Kyle knows this.

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    When the fuck are people gonna start ignoring the pearl clutching by the right? Anyone who says “so much for the tolerant left” should get the shit beat out of them.

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      I’m starting to wonder if maybe he intented to miss. Knowing it would spur his base to turn him into some deity

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        considering he was looking up local dem conventions and got kicked out of a gun club for being a poor shot… well I think this guy just wanted to prove that he wasn’t a complete loser

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        This might be a legit thing. I don’t mean he was an elite sniper who just tried to shoot his earlobe off, but that he intended to miss by a few metres, but he wasn’t exactly good at that either.

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      Yeah, not sure where they got that idea. Trump indoctrinated my family into a cult. He deserves the worst.

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    What’s wild is the bullet went in one ear and out the other without doing any more damage.