The shooter was 12 when Trump was first elected. archive

    • LiveLM
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      94 months ago

      Bro did not make use Gyro controls. Sad!

      • @paf0@lemmy.world
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        104 months ago

        That’s not how things are supposed to work. Trump should be spending his life in prison.

              • @Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world
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                44 months ago

                I mean, when they went in and killed all those nobles in the French Revolution that were already locked up, which im not a huge fan of

              • @breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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                4 months ago

                Do you side with the soviet revolutionaries, or the Tsar?

                The revolutionaries? So you are advocating for the murder of not only the leader, but his young children too.

        • @WanderingVentra@lemm.ee
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          4 months ago

          I agree. It was a dumb thing for him to even try in the first place, but it’s hard to blame some kid who was a teenager during the pandemic. Still, considering the case most likely to get Trump in jail was just dismissed I wouldn’t hold your breath for this country’s justice system.

          • @paf0@lemmy.world
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            -94 months ago

            Don’t make excuses for this idiot. He attempted to murder a politician because he didn’t have anything else going on in his sad life. We can all do better.

            And that case will be appealed.

            • @vxx@lemmy.world
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              4 months ago

              His classmates said he was a bully during high school. This doesn’t appear to be the victim nor the hero Lemmy tries so hard to make us believe.

              Just keep in mind, the alt-right are rooting for a civil war for years now. So who do you think is behind inciting lefties to become violent, Lemmy?

              • @paf0@lemmy.world
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                14 months ago

                It doesn’t matter who is behind it. The whataboutism on this is gross. It doesn’t matter what the other side does, we do not have to stoop to murder or threats. We can all be better.

                • @breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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                  44 months ago

                  stoop to murder

                  on principal I completely agree.

                  But heres a comparison people will likely cry about.

                  At what point from hitlers starting point in politics, to his suicide in the bunker, should the german people have started committing violence to overthrow their government?

                  • @paf0@lemmy.world
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                    04 months ago

                    This isn’t that, not yet anyway. All bets are off if they start rounding americans up based on their race or political ideology but we should otherwise use our institutions, both the elections and the courts, and freedom of speech.

                  • @vxx@lemmy.world
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                    04 months ago

                    A comment I shamelessly copied from another thread, but it answers your question well.

                    Everyone in Hitler’s orbit was just as hateful as he was. But in many cases, they were smarter and less insane. Killing Hitler could have easily made WW2 a lot worse for everyone. What if you assassinated Hitler only to cause the Nazis to win?

                • @vxx@lemmy.world
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                  That’s my point. The commentor I replied to got downvoted for condemning violence, while the ones above that should get banned for inciting violence get upvoted like crazy.

                  And it’s no secret that troll farms have it easy here. Willful audience to eat it all up and get radicalised. I just tried to wake them up to what’s happening on here.