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Trump shooter a ‘supporter of Republican Party’ (www.france24.com)
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[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Its mixed.

Kid was a Republican from a rural area of the country (that is often Republican). Kid was also wearing pro-gun T-shirt and also wielding AR-15.

There's also $15 to a progressive (aka: left) cause in this kid's name. So its not all right-wing stuff. But the myth of "kind" rural people who are responsible with their AR-15 long-range rifles is clearly going to be demolished by this turn of events. (In case Uvalde Texas didn't prove that yet....)

[-] Iampossiblyatwork@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

They think the donation was made by someone else with the same name.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I think that blonde dude who they were spreading pics of that made that video about hating repubs /Trump and having the same name /not being the right guy probably made the donation.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

This dude

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Doesn't matter, kid was a Republican that shot his homie. Gotta stop saying shit about the donation. Don't let any doubt seep in, the bumblecans are leopards eating faces.

[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Real life doesn't matter. Feelings and emotions do. We need to seriously think about messaging that works, and its not necessarily the truth.

If we go this route, the best chance we have is to discuss the kid's T-Shirt. "Demolition Ranch" is a well known right-wing pro-gun Youtube Channel.

Push that. We need arguments that win, not arguments that are true. (And this one: Demolition Ranch and AR15s is one that is both true and one I feel like we could win).

[-] Five@slrpnk.net -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Real life doesn’t matter. Feelings and emotions do. We need to seriously think about messaging that works, and its not necessarily the truth.

This is some blue MAGA shit.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

There's no such thing as blue maga

[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Unlikely.

As I mentioned elsewhere, I'm a Republican. From my perspective, Republicans simply understand politics better than Democrats who are too proud to use straightforward and well accepted techniques to get ahead.

Japanese acknowledgement of the Rural vs Urban divide was a huge part of why they created the Emperor and crowned him as the divine messenger of Amatarasu (a Japanese Goddess). Rural folk would actually believe in the myth, while Urban folk (who were largely atheist) accepted the myth as a way to get the rural folk on their side.

Democrats are fighting with one arm tied behind their backs. They refuse to use any kind of "manipulation" in their minds. Alas, politics is a manipulate-or-be-manipulated world.

Or what, you think all Republicans actually believe in MAGA or other ideologies? A huge number of Republicans are simply people using it to further their own goals. If you don't use these techniques, Republicans will simply capture more-and-more of the captive audience because the hypnotic techniques fucking work.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

The donation wasn't him

[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Source? A lot of my sources suggest it was him, but maybe there's new developments this week....

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

Because the donation shared his first and last name and journalism is dead, or else they'd have noted that 17 year olds can't make political donations in Pennsylvania.

[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Fair point.

[-] Delusional@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Perhaps he was just a true patriot and saw what trump is doing to the country and wanted to stop it by any means.

Not the fake ass republican "patriots" who fly trump's flag and vote for destroying the country.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Kid was a pedo hunter. This wasn't political. The kid was a right wing gun nut.

Don't let anyone convince you the $15 donation was this kid. That was someone else.

[-] Five@slrpnk.net -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The pittance donation was made right after the election -- after the get out the vote campaign was over.

The most credible explanation I've heard is that the kid lost a bet. It lists his name and address, but those kinds of donations don't have the same due diligence as voter registration, so it could also have been someone else trolling him.

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