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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 79 points 5 months ago (13 children)

It’s all fun and games until Republicans use this as an excuse to further enforce their fascist agendas. Just glad this happened in Utah and not Illinois or California. Blue states will likely bear the brunt of the repercussions if there are any.

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 234 points 5 months ago (23 children)

They were going to no matter what because no one is willing to stop them. Now there's one less.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Were? They already are. Is there no one who remembers what happened in Minnesota a few months ago?

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] tauonite@lemmy.world 46 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] don@lemmy.ca 21 points 5 months ago
[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I doubt he survived that, but if he did he'll be fucked for life

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

I just saw the news. Holy shit. I mean, how big of an iPhone screen do you need?

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He didn't. The shot blew a major artery, death in less than a minute.

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago

Shame he didn't suffer

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

We need both fewer and less.

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 72 points 5 months ago (7 children)

It’s all fun and games until Republicans use this as an excuse to further enforce their fascist agendas.

Republicans are marching National Guard soldiers into the largest cities in America on exaggerated "crime fighting" excuses. They have established an unaccountable militia with ICE hiding their identities and violating the civil rights of American citizens on exaggerated or fabricated drug/violence reasons. They've needed no legitimate excuses to do these things, yet they are actively doing them. This changes nothing on that front.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lmao, I love that person's logic. "Don't do anything to piss of the fascists, they might do something fascist."

[–] crumpted@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's not what they said.

They're just pointing out that Trump will be everage the situation and enact an even more fascist agenda.

That's not saying the left shouldn't do anything, rather just be prepared for the consequences.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’m more afraid it will accelerate things.

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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago

They'll make up whatever excuses they need either way so it doesn't really make a difference.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 14 points 5 months ago

They're going to do fascism no matter what! They don't care about truth. They can just make shit up if they need to rile up their supporters.

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

It'll be interesting to see the contrast with the political response to this assassination compared to the Democratic Minnesota lawmaker that was assassinated a couple months ago

I get the distinct feeling conservatives won't be nearly as silent about this one

[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago

Except they haven't needed an excuse to date. I'm sick of this boogyman. Punch back, they haven't been pulling any punches.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

It will be like the Iraq war.

Saudi Arabia was responsible, but we're going to attack Iraq instead.

[–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I think this is a net positive, especially because the shooter was reportedly an old white guy

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

per AP:

Person taken into custody after Charlie Kirk was shot in Utah is not believed to be shooting suspect, AP source says

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

"The person was initially a suspect but then was cleared when police realized he wasn't trans"

  • I made that up, but it's probably not far from the truth
[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

They've confirmed it wasn't him. The shooter was on a building 200 yards away

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I dunno what you're talking about. The was with me playing the new Mario Kart game. I was in first place then I got blue shelled.

[–] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Oh yeah, definitely

Side note - I just wanna say don't post this guy. He's got nothing to do with this as far as we know

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago
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That's probably a net positive for odd white guys too, the bar is in hell these days.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 5 points 5 months ago

You mean like deploying troops in our cities?

Oh wait, they already did that.

Or, do you mean shipping people off the concentration camps?

Oh shit, that's already being done.

What you're upset about is that the fascism has stepped closer to YOU.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 5 months ago

They do that anyway. Fuck 'em.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh, yeah, they will, but that's inevitable anyway. It won't occur to them that oppressing Dems will only make them stronger and more resolved. Nothing has created more terrorists than Conservative military operations.

Inb4 Fox News talking heads all get Secret Service protection, so Trump can continue watching them all day.

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