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'Some folks need killing': MAGA candidate praises violence in unhinged church rant (www.rawstory.com)
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Cross posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17271557

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[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago (3 children)

This is probably very shallow and naive but...

I just completely fail to comprehend how any non- white person could be a MAGA supporter, or just conservative in general.

It just seems like a complete failure to understand the fundamentals of the political divide.

As in... Trump would send you back to Africa if it turned out he couldn't enslave you.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

I don't understand how anyone is, how callous to your fellow humans do you have to be?

That aside, even white woman are in on the hate... Even of other woman ffs

https://truthout.org/articles/yes-55-percent-of-white-women-voted-for-trump-no-im-not-surprised/

That said, most people don't think at all. They just go along with it

Susan Sontag was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10% of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10% is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80% could be moved in either direction” —Kurt Vonnegut

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

I don't understand how any person regardless of color could be a maga supporter. They're openly hostile to everything that benefits ordinary people, and also very open about taking any money saved from cutting programs and giving it to the 0.1%. How can someone support that? How can someone go "hell yes! Poison the planet and steal my social security so that Musk can have even more money! Fuck yeah, brother!"? It makes zero sense.

As in... Trump would send you back to Africa if it turned out he couldn't enslave you.

You can't send someone "back" to somewhere they've never been. African Americans have been here almost as long as Caucasians.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

The "send back to africa" part was sarcasm.

In Australia "go back to where you came from" is the catch cry of xenophobes. There was a hate group in the 00's that literally wanted to deport anyone of Asian descent, regardless of their migration status.

[–] SeikoAlpinist@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Colonized minds only see power in the behavior of their oppressor. So to become powerful like them, mimic their behavior and you will gain acceptance.

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Until you aren't anymore.

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

Isn't this illegal? Inciting violence is a crime afaik.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

Unless you're white and in the GOP, then it's any other day of the week

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They gonna find out that the left isn't exactly unarmed.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Those armed leftists need to start working on the fucking Heritage Foundation.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Good luck getting anyone in the left to act first. Hell, I'm crazy as a shithouse rat, and I wouldn't start a war until there's no other choice.

Sadly, I think it will take active violence to stir resistance among the armed left to actually fight. It'll be reactionary rather than revolutionary.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

There's never a single catalyst, a shining moment where they've clearly crossed the line. It's a 1000 baby steps over the line, until gassing Jews seems like just another tiny change in a long line of changes.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Might be too late then. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't believe for an instant that any of these people believe in any of their religions, just use them as means to justify their own vile sentiment and actions.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's worse. They completely believe their religions and it's their god that commands them to kill the sinners. It's a rationalization feedback loop: They are just doing what they are told to be proper religious folk.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's not what the religion they claim to follow teaches, so no, they don't believe in their religion. They believe in the insane ramblings of politically motivated scammers.

[–] khaleer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Did you ever read the bible texts?

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

Yes, extensively.

[–] khaleer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 months ago

So it's probably time for a review.