With former President Donald Trump convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records this week, his furious supporters are trying to expose the identities of the people who did it.According to NBC News, "Advance Democracy, a non-profit that conducts public interest research, said there ha...
  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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    1 month ago

    I could hear some guys in my neighborhood outside yesterday talking about how this won’t effect the election. One of them yelled out “Well at least the republicans are the ones with the guns!” Everyone just kinda got quiet and looked at him like he was an idiot.

    Remember he’s not the only dangerous one. Every vote counts, and all of them are voting red.

    • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      My maga friend told me to stock up on food come November. Dude is fucking brainwashed by beanie man Tim Poole

      • InternetUser2012@midwest.social
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        1 month ago

        I worked with a guy who was appalled that I was buying go fast parts for my car instead of stocking up on guns and ammo for the upcoming war. He also had his neighborhood mapped out as to who are the democrats so he knows who to go after first. I asked him if he thought democrats don’t have guns too and he just stared at me. After a bit he just changed the subject to a racist rant about rap music.

        • michaelmrose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 month ago

          You should report him to the FBI and your work. The statement is enough to probably get him fired and with luck his gun horde will be illegal when the FBI comes knocking

        • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 month ago

          For the longest time I thought this was solely a matter of education; but these days, I’m beginning to think such right-wing extremism is also a matter of mental illness.

          Things like poor parenting, brain injuries from football, lead exposure from guns and motorsports, substance abuse, shitty diets, etc. – all culminate in a banner of people who are… Not of sound mind.

          Saying this as a former rural Appalachian Republican from decades ago.

          Edit: added “solely” for some clarification.

          • InternetUser2012@midwest.social
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            1 month ago

            I agree that a lot is mental illness but I think it’s more education. They fall for the lies and get in line and do what they’re told to do by sources like fox “news”. It’s scary how it’s changed, I had Republican friends that we could all hang out and even discuss politics with no problems. Now, we don’t talk at all, there is no discussion. I am the enemy and I don’t even care about politics, just be a good human. I don’t think you can be a good human and support the Republicans at this time, it’s gone off the rails.

            • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              1 month ago

              You’re likely right that education is still the prevailing issue, but I think we need to get more specific on what kind of education people receive in terms of safeguarding against false rhetoric. Drilling in the logical fallacies, teaching ethics, and even teaching common propaganda techniques so you can identify them. We need to step back and ask ourselves how we managed to escape the rabbit hole when others could not.

              The echo-chambers have become so ironclad that it’s so difficult to pierce through and drag someone out.