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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 132 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 60 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yea, but she's a dem, so it's allowed

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

It checks out. The double standard is written in crayon by the media.

[–] MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network 22 points 1 month ago

From the guy who whines about Democrats inciting violence by calling him a threat to democracy after he tried to overturn an election too stay in power.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 125 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Were any shots fired?

Cause I've said it before, if no bullet is fired then it's not assassination attempt, it's just sparkling intimidation.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought this when I heard about the Manson chick was charged with attempting to shoot president Ford, when apparently it was an unloaded gun.

Interestingly, two women have been done for attempting to murder a president; both of which was against Ford within the same month within a small radius (maybe 100 miles).

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month ago (3 children)

God forbid women have hobbies 😭

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trad women can’t have hobbies. Jeez.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's unfair. They still have sex and barefoot-cooking.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

True. Is punchbag a hobby too?

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I guess if sex is, then sure. It's basically the same thing, she just lays there and takes it. No real participation needed.

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

It was concepts of an assassination attempt.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think generally anything that is considered an attempted , the judicial system takes into account the intent of the person who is being accused. If the intent was to assassinate Trump, and the person had everything they needed to do it, and would have done it if they had not been stopped, then a real attempt was made.

[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

So the state has to prove that they would have done it not stopped and the defence has to prove the opposite (or something like that)?

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 83 points 1 month ago

Also republicans: shoot at Donald trump

[–] UncleGrandPa@lemmy.world 75 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And why is it his fellow republicans that are doing the shooting?

[–] Thrashy@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My wife is in the "they're false-flag psyops" camp, whereas my position is "the ourobouros is eating its own tail."

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My condolences. I don't think I could handle being married to a conspiracy theorist.

[–] TotalFat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Turns out, neither could I!

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Must be the purging of the RINOs I've heard so much about

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

I think the vast majority of his current supporters are self-hating and want to make others feel as badly about life as they do - without realizing it, of course.

I could see someone coming to resent him while still holding the Republican “deplorables” identity. He is functionally above the law. Still ripping people off. Still pretending to be something he’s not and will never be. And they still have crappy little lives.

But who knows? I’m just a rando.
We’ll never know the intent or reasons of the first shooter. It’ll be interesting once the second guy’s story comes out.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Which party is it that has a culture of solving your problems with violence?

[–] mdurell@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

This isn't accurate. What they are saying is, "why isn't anyone shooting Kamala Harris."

[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

Former president and current chair of the face-eating leopard party shocked at the amount of hungry cats patrolling around their mansion.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 26 points 1 month ago

No no no not like that. You're supposed to let the tyrant win and then let them do all the tyrannical shit they said they'd do, then you buy your ~~cosplay outfit~~ defensive gear and get lit the fuck up by the military as is intended.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 22 points 1 month ago

You're supposed to fight the tyrant's troops, ergo other poors, not the important people!

[–] TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Please do not, accidents happen and I don'tthink your gentials would like that.

[–] unreachable@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] bastion@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago
[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

STOP KINKSHAMING ME 😤

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] BaldManGoomba@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Republicans don't believe that they need guns to defend against tyranny. They think they need guns because they are mine, they are scared, fantasy fulfillment of defending property or killing people in public. The oligarchical overlords in the republican party believe in guns because the peasants will kill the undesirables that they pitched to fight each other. The guns were never meant to be turned on the upper class that control the world

[–] Disgracefulone@discuss.online 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well yeah we all know that but.. that's what they say lol. "Defend against tyranny" sounds better than the truth. Even they're reallydontwanna smart usethisword enough to know that.

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

All of the rights on the Bill of Rights are good and we should support them all. Case in point ^^

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ha-ha, but this makes it seem like we don't understand that the republicans think their opposition are the tyrants and they're the patriots that'll defend it.

It really is as simple as "nobody thinks they're the bad guy."

I'm not saying they're right I'm just saying, this is the answer as to "why" if you were wondering

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The people at the top know full well they're the tyrants. They only need the useful idiots to believe otherwise.

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lmao good one

[–] TotalFat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Trump's not a tyrant. He's just a lil dick-tater.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Apparently the second guy merely hid in a bush with an AR, then left, and didn't shoot at anyone.

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

The bit about him fleeing after being spotted seems to me like a detail that shouldn't be omitted.

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[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 1 month ago

Remember humans. Grow a brain first. Grab a gun later.

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