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One day after saying this, the former speaker of the Minnesota house is gunned down by a pro-Trump extremist.
*by a MAGA terrorist
Redundant statement is redundant.
MAGA == terrorist
It’s technically redundant, but it’s also meaningful, intentional, and warranted. Especially when at least half of our legacy media establishment is committed to grossly misrepresenting the entire fascistic political movement, and the other half seems to be going whole hog on false equivalence and theatrical shock at entirely predictable authoritarian developments.
It’s a lot like how we need to refer to the rapist Brock Turner (who is a rapist), for the simple reason that it needs to be aggressively forced into public perception. A lot like how the rapist Brock Turner aggressively forced himself on his rape victim, except the outcome here is increased public knowledge instead of Brock Turner (the rapist) getting his jollies.
I agree. I also think a bit of humor can help spread a message. I think the statement is kinda funny and I do think they are terrorists, and so do they.
It's not redundant until the mainstream media frames the narrative based on reality instead of propaganda.
Words have meaning, and we should do our best to use the most accurate, truthful words to reframe the narrative and ensure clarity; even when others do not.
I agree with you, I was just being cheeky.
How would you react if you saw a similar exchange between MAGAs?
MAGA A: .
MAGA B: You don't really mean that, right? It's not all of them.
MAGA A: I'm just joking. Relax.
Would you take that response at face value or would you assume that the joke is a thinly veiled statement of their actual beliefs?
I should clarify a little. I do think MAGAs are terrorists, all of them. I was being cheeky about the part about the redundant statement being redundant. My last comment was in response to the person saying it's not redundant until mainstream media calls it, which is technically true.
Let's not forget when they called themselves terrorists. If someone wanted me to support my belief, I would reference that. If I were to ask a MAGA the same thing for their negative generalization, I'd imagine I wouldn't get a response built in truth, like when they say all Dems are pedophiles, or something like that
You son of a bitch I'm in
*Republican MAGA terrorist serial killer
People have been telling me I've been overreacting for the last two years. My "overreacting" is the reason why I'm now comfortably in another country.
Yes. I don’t understand his much more “shits gotten real” it needs to get.
Okay that's pretty funny. Im not anti terrorism if it's sufficiently funny. This might make the cut.
And as a result, all "No Kings" protests in Minnesota are cancelled. I guess it worked.
Yeah, the cowardly Minnesota leadership cancelled the No Kings protests, and their constituents said "Fuck That," and showed up anyway. 80,000 angry Minnesota Americans chose to publicly protest, knowing that a vicious murderer who was targeting them was on the loose, while their elected representatives chose to cower behind closed doors.
It's long past time for Democratic politicians to match the energy, anger, militancy, and COURAGE of their voters. We elected them to represent and fight for US against the MAGA Nazis, and now we expect them to DO THEIR JOBS!
If they won't, we'll elect people who will.
Did it?
That's... Beautiful!
This makes me happy.
I guess you missed the memo lol.
He had to say that because the assassin is still at large. He knew it wouldn't stop the protests, not if the protests really mattered to the people.
And boy, from what my friends up there showed me, they showed up.
People still showed up, though.
Which is funny because that made them all kings.