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[-] nifty@lemmy.world 71 points 4 months ago

Okay, I’ve gotten over my initial shock of this. Clearly this shouldn’t have happened but this is the same guy who said his VP should be hanged, and he himself has called for political violence against his enemies many, many times

I am glad that decent politicians are condemning this attack, as they should. But I think it makes sense to put this incident in perspective, Trump has promoted and supported political violence himself many times before this, including on Jan 6th

[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

You're confused. Conservative violence is always warranted, justified, and highly effective. That will be the narrative.

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Ugh, how many times has this happened already? People were getting spooked by the heritage foundation yucky shit and now they’ll get distracted by this nonsense

[-] Tire@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago

I’m afraid of the unhinged violence Trump will use this for in the future. His supporters will have every justification in their mind to do whatever they want to anyone who disagrees with them.

[-] Blubber28@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yup. While it wasn't a good decision on the shooter's part (as the GOP will be fired up even more now), I also cannot find any sympathy for Trump in this. I hope he got scared shitless.

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