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    I am quite conflicted. On the one hand this is extraordinarily bad for American democracy, but there is a feeling in me that said democracy farce at this point.

    I also believe that this will justify further violence from the right towards lgbt/left/immigrants etc. But would that happen anyway?

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      Political violence is a symptom, not a cause

      We were already here. Lawmakers have already been killed. Just, no one took it seriously because the Democrats miss every moment

      And yes, they were already invading Chicago. They were already calling to arrest political opponents. They were going to do it all anyways

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      Yes, a bit of Reichstag fire vibes, huh? Here’s hoping it won’t be quite that bad, but it could happen…

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    Is this image edited or is his face really that disproportionate to his head?

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    Reminds me of a classic German leftist joke: “If the RAF was so bad, then why is Schleier dead?”

    (Wenn die RAF so schlecht war, warum ist Schleier dann tot?)

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      If you zoom in, it looks like that thing is actually a messed up comma that barely has a tail. It’s like the spork of punctuation!

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      A lot of people put a period instead of a comma in the middle of an “if, then” statement. I don’t know why.

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        Yeah, that’s what I’m referring to as well. If one sentence doesn’t make sense on its own, then it shouldn’t have a period at the end. Maybe complex sentences are too difficult for some people…

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    Man, this deservedly dead guy’s child is gonna become the 3000 year old worm retrospectively living in RFKjrs brain because that’s how dumb reality is now.