This could even be the jumping off point for a cold or hot war as the conservatives are already saying "cAN tHiS COuNt aS An ASsaSsINaTiOn?" and the libs will be jerking themselves off on civility porn like after 9/11 and go right along with it.

  • LaBellaLotta [any]
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    4 years ago

    I honestly don’t think that if trump dies the right wing will be able to whip up the kind of blind nationalist rage on a scale necessary for war with China but hey I could be wrong. If he lives relatively unscathed is a different story.

      • LaBellaLotta [any]
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        4 years ago

        This might be true but I’ll be surprised if they can whip up the kind of fervor from the general public for something like that to be sustained. I see it playing out as a very feeble attempt to stoke tensions that comes from the top down and simply does not take as well without dear leader trump.

    • threshold [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I dunno, the China virus feels half hearted at best. Just shit stirring more than anything. (only in terms of larger scale impact- on the dog whistling level, asians have been attacked in the streets)