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[-] Idreamofcheesy@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago

Finally! A boot not even the NRA will lick!

[-] protist@mander.xyz 1 points 9 hours ago

The NRA under Doug Hamlin is way better than the NRA under Wayne LaPierre. Hamlin has made a concerted effort to tone down the conservative political rhetoric and bring more women and minorities into the organization. LaPierre was the NRA CEO from '91-'24 (most of my life, and I'm over 40) and was a total Republican asshole.

Letitia James brought down LaPierre, she won his civil fraud trial in 2024 and he was ordered to repay the NRA almost $5 million in misspent funds.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

they like the flavor too much to stop; even now.

[-] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

How are you going to resist Trump without rifles ?

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We don't need a fucking investigation, for fuck's sake you have all the fucking guns, we all saw the fucking footage, just fucking use the fucking guns

I understand how you feel. But under this administration this could start a civil war. That's not exactly the best scenario.

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 days ago

If a civil war starts because of what this administration does to its people, it's the administration's fault, not the people who rightly rise up to defend themselves. Anything less is blaming the victim.

If a civil war erupts, there won't be midterm elections. No elections means there's no way anybody else but the GOP will have congress and there's absolutely no chance this administration can be removed without violence. 

So let's give these midterm elections a chance.

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 days ago
[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social -5 points 1 day ago

How is it possible to have seen the escalation over the past year, and still be this dense?

I'm telling you that this already fucking happened before oh my God why do we give liberals access to the internet

Like I get that you have "born yesterday" syndrome but do you really have to make it everyone else's problem?

[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 0 points 1 day ago

You don't think there might be some differences between now and a war that happened 150 years ago?

I don't understand you fucking lackadaisical idiots that think everything will just get better if we ignore it. You don't think there's s difference between Donald Trump, MAGA, and fucking Lincoln? My coworkers are CHEERING this on. My neighbors are CHEERING this on. They don't fucking care because they're white and currently on the winning team.

This has fucking happened before. Goddamn Europe in the 30's. Bondi just said they'll remove ICE from Minneapolis if there turn over all the voting records. That's what this is about. They want the voting records so they can cry about fraud again when they lose. Only this time they have a ready built army loyal to Trump and Noam, not to the people.

Wake the fuck up!

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't understand you fucking lackadaisical idiots that think everything will just get better if we ignore it.

That is not even remotely what I'm saying. I'm saying we need to do more, way the fuck more, and that we've always needed to do more. I'm not a fucking conservative. I'm yelling at liberals from the left.

You don't think there's s difference between Donald Trump, MAGA, and fucking Lincoln?

Fuck Lincoln lmao, no good presidents amerikkka amerikkka amerikkka. He only worked towards abolition because it was politically expedient for him. Obviously there's a difference between Lincoln and Trump, but regardless of the figurehead, amerikkka is foundationally white supremacist and cannot be reformed, it needs to be abolished, and until people realize that and actually do the thing, we're gonna keep having to beat back these fucking fascists time and time again.

This has fucking happened before. Goddamn Europe in the 30's.

Yes exactly and we know how it's gonna go this time because the fascists implemented the logical conclusion of the amerikkka project! It's not "amerikkka is becoming more like Nazi 🇩🇪", it's "🇩🇪 became more like amerikkka and showed us what we would become".

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 days ago

And I'm still not voting for your candidate and I don't care about electoral strategy because AmeriKKKa needs to be abolished, not reformed.

[-] Glifted@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago

Civil war is what Trump wants and it will be bad for everyone

[-] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That isn't an argument against.

Prove to me in some sort of logical way that not doing that will still result in positive change.

Just because Trump wants something doesn't make it not the correct and proper next step. It may be an unfortunate next step or a next step that we were forced into, but it doesn't make it the wrong next step.

[-] tomatolung@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

The NRA waded into the national dialogue over Pretti's killing after Bill Essayli – who was appointed by Trump to temporarily serve as a US attorney in California in 2025 – posted on social media: "If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you."

In response, the NRA posted: "This sentiment … is dangerous and wrong. Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens."

Don't discount their self-interest in this. They don't want their members to be summarily shot, arrested, or under suspicion just for owning a weapon.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

Uh yes that is the point

[-] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 6 points 2 days ago

oh yes. investigate. write more angry letters. spend more time, pay more lawyers to arrive at a truth that.. even when plainly seen by some or most of us, there are those that will always view truth through their preferred lense and distort, through news and media this truth to support a competing agenda.

thanks foxnews

[-] digitalFatteh@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Being the sceptic I am. Say even if they get the investigation, court and so forth, wouldn’t it just be thrown out in the United States as there would be no way in frozen hell they’d get a fair trial ?

They would need to find mole people to bring to jury who wouldn’t know what’s going on above ground …

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