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[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 78 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

We can do better:

"Make Liberals Cry Again" shirt from 2019.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 28 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)
[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 66 points 6 days ago
[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 44 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Whoa, no way?!? Color me surprised when 85% of mass shootings are right wing Trump extremists.

[–] reddifuge@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

It's higher than 85%. The data shows it's 95-100% depending on the year. 2022 saw 100% of mass shootings were done by Republicans.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago (6 children)

I don’t even see this as political, it looks religious. He hated mormons by the sound of it. I’ve always said that if Christians got their wish and everyone on earth that wasnt Christian was gone, they would just begin to hate and kill each other over whatever difference they find next. All the evangelists kill everyone else, they’ll then go on to start killing each other over the color of their hair or whatever. Christianity was born as a persecuted religion so they’re always trying to kill someone and play the victim.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

It's just Sneeches with weapons for all time. If it's not religion, it's race. If it's just white supremacists left, they'd wipe out the redheads first and then the blond-brunette wars will start.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

I don’t even see this as political, it looks religious.

It's almost impossible to tease these things apart, most especially within the radical right. They accuse another Abrahamic religion of not being able to separate church from state, and pretending to be scared of "Shariah Law" and then proceed to trying to enact xtian Shariah Law here.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago

we've already had a thousand years of Christians killing each other over whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Godhead with the Father or from the Father.

[–] tea@lemmy.today 3 points 6 days ago

It's purely defensive for people to point to the politics of the shooter, I think. I agree you have the motivations pegged here correctly with religion, but Democrats are going to be wary of any shooter being used to justify authoritarian police state shit. Republicans are desperately going to try to paint us as violent, regardless of the facts. Look at what they are trying to say about the MN school shooter and how Kirks shooter was immediately assumed to be left wing before we even knew anything at all.

Religion loves a martyr. If you’re not a victim, your faith isn’t being tested, how can you then justify your version of your faith?

[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Sounds a lot like Israel right now

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 32 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Remember back when we could all agree that people who murder other people were likely mentally unwell and didn't immediately look to see who they voted for. Pepperidge Farm Remembers.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 6 days ago

It's because the right is desperate to throw off the well earned shade that they cause the vast majority of gun-related violence. It's almost as if conservatives, who are obsessed on only have their world view validated through the the news, get violent when the world doesn't agree with them.

[–] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

One of my favorite quotes I’ve seen brought up “you don’t have to be evil/crazy to kill someone. You just have to believe you’re right.” - Yoko Taro

Not that it’s an excuse for anything. This also smells of religion. And people kill in the name of religion all the time.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

You say that like you think religious belief isn't a form of mental illness.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 32 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

It's cause he was just being sarcastic... everyone knows lefties voted for the turnip as a joke.

[–] bananabread@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The sign is probably on the left of his house

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Clearly he's saying "Trump stop", another crazy lefty /s

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

The, Bart, the.

[–] pleaseletmein@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago

This is genuinely the lie a bunch of them are running with on Xitter.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Daddy stop 🥵

[–] end_stage_ligma@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 days ago

They get so close to putting the pieces together. One commenter said they were pro-union, because people can't make as much money as they used to ("a janitor in the '60s could support a family, vacations, etc" to paraphrase the commenter). Kind of missing that unions and pro-worker efforts are a big part of why society had gotten to that point of wages, job security, etc.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I looked at a random idiot's profile in that thread saying "we should be focusing on thoughts and prayers, not placing blame on politics etc...". Obviously a few days ago he was blaming "radical leftists". Shocked Pikachu face

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[–] thefrozenorth@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There's no mystery here. During the 2024 campaign Trump promised the militias a race war - he didn't deliver because war puts oligarch wealth at risk. Now magas' are taking things in their own hands. That's why Tyler Robinson killed Charlie Kirk: he was trying to kick start the civil war. Trump is desperately trying to appear war like for his base, while protecting his money.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 6 days ago

Appearing warlike, inciting violence with rhetoric, and all the while saying "I deserve multiple Nobel prizes for peace!"

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Yes, yes, yes but we need to wait for kash’s magic marker to show us the way…

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Does the reality even matter anymore?

Pop quiz: can you guys remember the last 20 major US shootings?

I can't. I certainly don't know their outcomes.


Folks will internalize the first wild rumor they heard (indirectly) from Twitter or CNN or whatever before attention moves to the next shooting, and that's the impression that lasts.

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[–] thax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Another good example of low quality information streams culminating in an explosive brand of dissonance. I expect more chaos of this sort, as we deepen the idiocracy, and people go mad trying to reconcile their ideologies with reality.

I do see the logic in those atop the hierarchy pushing faith-based ideologies ahead of climate calamity. Should Project 2025 continue apace, I'm very curious to see how the various denominations respond to rapid environmental change. I expect a lot of them to lose it like this guy and fight it out. On the other hand, I could also see "faith" providing the blinders needed for a larger population to persist a bit longer. The faithful are also more likely to sacrifice themselves, so it could be an effective population control lever to pull at some point, i.e. Snow Crash.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

Don't worry, Kash found an engraved bullet up his butt. It turns out he accidentally sat on it. It said:

MAGA communist

This beautiful & stable MAGA person got corrupted by radical leftists

[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Because of course he did.

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