• FunkyStuff [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    Americans spend all their lives obsessing over guns then miss their shot. The most useless people on earth.

    • SSJMarx@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      That's cuz we spend all our gun money on shitty flashlights and laser pointers and optics instead of ammo and targets to practice on.

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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        1 month ago

        Red states are also privatized so they can only shoot 1 round every minute at indoor ranges

  • GeorgeZBush [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    Show

    if someone wants to make a fortune, start ordering t-shirts with this on it

  • kristina [she/her]
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    1 month ago

    Excited to be executed by paramilitaries when he gets power. Nice talking to yall

        • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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          1 month ago

          None of the witnesses who saw the shooter definitively ID’d Oswald or placed blame on him. Most of his coworkers’ testimonies suggest that they only saw him go upstairs alone during the motorcade, or leaving after JFK is shot. It seems a bit silly to have this complex conspiracy and not coerce or stage a single testimony that says with 100% conviction “yup I saw Mr. Oswald on top aiming his sniper rifle right down at the president” if your goal is to frame an innocent man

          • RedDawn [he/him]
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            1 month ago

            Your reasoning seems pretty backwards, “there’s no evidence he did it, so he probably did” is what your comment reads like.

            • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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              1 month ago

              The reasoning that “the CIA carried out a complex assassination plot and failed to place witnesses to implicate a patsy” is dumber

              • RedDawn [he/him]
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                1 month ago

                No it’s not. All of the evidence points to that being the case. Is it possible you’re just not familiar with the facts of the case?

  • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 month ago

    "If Trump wins its the end of US democracy"

    "He'll make himself a dictator"

    "Project 2025!!!!! Google it Jack!!!"

    Dems using that propaganda AND doing absolutely nothing about it (not even having a plan to pay lip service to about it) AND Pudding Brain Joe saying he's not going anywhere - just he's going to do his goodest job and that's what really matters Jack. I can see where someone's brain could break in the wrong way to do this.

    If you're going to throw your life away over this bullshit though, at least don't miss

    • Wertheimer [any]
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      1 month ago

      When Gabrielle Giffords was shot in Arizona, Democrats blamed it on Sarah Palin having targets on her flyers or something. Didn't Palin win a lawsuit about it, even?

      The chuds are going to be insufferable about this.

    • M68040 [they/them]
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      1 month ago

      Society if the democrats didn't expect the base to have a will to live for them

  • Tachanka [comrade/them]
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    1 month ago

    "he's an existential threat to democracy but there's no place for violence and we should all be relieved he's alive and going to take revenge" - obungler

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  • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 month ago

    Shows the importance of not skipping range time. If someone had trained just a little harder, we could have had something extremely cool happen.

      • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]
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        1 month ago

        Could very well have been .22 subsonic ammo. If the shooter had a 3D printed plastic gun, that would minimize the chance of it blowing up.

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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          1 month ago

          With the number of rounds fired, it probably wasn't 3D printed. I know a bunch of libs are saying staged, but this is definitely in line with the tactics of the far right. False flags and excuses for mass political violence are common. Especially with the new presidential immunity they want to use and know the Democrats won't touch because they're allergic to power.

            • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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              1 month ago

              The idea would be that he was never at risk, no one shot at him. He just had a squib in his hat, waited for the sound, then dropped to the floor.

              If he was actually hit I don't think he'd be acting like that, so he's definitely either acting or the blood is from being grabbed by like 9 secret service guys and not a bullet.

              • pearable@lemmy.ml
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                1 month ago

                Trump is garbage at almost everything but he knows how to get ratings. I think he's capable of doing anything in the moment if he'll get attention for it

              • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]
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                1 month ago

                Really looking forward to hearing all the usual suspects like Alex Jones saying this was a fake shooting. That'll happen for sure.

              • Philosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]
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                1 month ago

                Yeah, it would have to be something like the pro wrestling move of him applying blood to his own ear, which seems really unlikely. I think it's much more likely that somebody just missed by a hair.

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                • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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                  1 month ago

                  That is what I was suggesting. Nobody stages an event like that and thinks including "Wait let me get my shoes" is a good look.

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          • JayTreeman [none/use name]
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            1 month ago

            The secret service was slow to take him down too. Obvious shots ring out and they wait until they see trumps ear bleeding to move. It's too early for crazy suspicion, but my initial thought is its pretty sus

          • sewer_rat_420 [he/him, any]
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            1 month ago

            Sorry, I saw it on a stream and forgot who the tweet was by. News hasn't said "he was shot" though just that he is injured, so there isn't confirmation yet that it was a bullet that hit him.

              • sewer_rat_420 [he/him, any]
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                1 month ago

                People were saying from the teleprompter? But ya, it's a chaotic seen and hard to know. All he could tell was sound of bullets followed by something hitting his ear.

                It only matters because if it was a bullet, that fucker missed by only an inch. If it was by glass from nearby then they weren't that close to actually killing him

  • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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    1 month ago

    /r/politics is in full-scale defeatism mode now. It's like 50% accusations of it being staged, and 50% despair that he's effectively already won.

    • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
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      1 month ago

      50% despair that he's effectively already won.

      After seeing the fistpump photo I share /r/politics feelings on this. I think this sealed it.

      • GeorgeZBush [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        His victory was already sealed, this sealed him as a messiah for his lisan-al-gaib supporters. He can do whatever now.

        • Amos [he/him]
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          1 month ago

          I'm feeling genuine fear. Need to log off

      • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
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        1 month ago

        Yeah that pic goes hard as fuck and I say that as someone who hates Trump, hates America and think our ugly ass flag looks better when it's on fire amerikkka but that pic is objectively good

      • invo_rt [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        Yeah I saw the fist pump and was like... ooof... that's that.

        • JohnBrownsBussy2 [he/him]
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          1 month ago

          Biden's debate performance broke some, and the others are Blue-Anon/Russiagaters who are happy to call this a false flag.

    • SSJMarx@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      I can't shake the feeling that we are so immunized to violence that the post-assassination-attempt bump might not happen. Like how many libs out there are gonna switch their vote to Trump because he got shot at? Are there really that many undecideds that will flock to him now?

      Questions that will be answered in November, I guess.

      • MrPiss [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        It's always about turnout. The people who would change their mind at this point are marginal morons. What matters is you getting your guys into those fucking booths and this is going to energize the hogs to turn up. How much they will is up for debate since we're so far out from the election and Americans have worse long term memories than goldfish.

  • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    Americans: swole-doge muh second amendment, if a tyrant tries to rule us we'll just use our guns!

    Also Americans: cheems we can't even kill one fast food addicted hog

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    1 month ago

    LIBERALS CAN'T EVEN DO ADVENTURISM RIGHT FFS