• grue@lemmy.world
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      In theory, I guess. But when’s the last time that sort of thing actually happened in the U.S.? Even perpetrators of “kirkings” of right-wingers are usually either infighting right-wingers themselves, or are just nutjobs with some motive other than politics entirely (e.g. impressing Jodie Foster).

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          First of all, it was Massachusetts (edit: damn, I apparently can’t tell m-states apart either), not Michigan (although some articles claim he was planning to target some Michigan politicians too).

          Second, that’s proving my point, not refuting it. The assertion I was challenging was that it was in “our” (i.e. leftist, or at least liberal) repertoire too, but what you cited was the common case of a right-winger targeting progressives, not the other way around.

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            It was state representative Melissa Hortman who was assassinated and she was from Minnesota not Massachusetts.

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        The CEO of UnitedHealthcare and a CEO of BlackStone would like a word with you the day after Halloween.

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          Wasn’t the Blackstone one a mistake? The guy was looking for the NFL floor of building, not the head of the real estate fund…

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            Other way around. The CEO was the target. Media just tried to throw everyone off the scent, seeing how popular Luigi became. Something something “will not be televised”

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              Either way, the only thing stopping it from happening more is the will to carry it out. If they start doing it so can we.

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                Unfortunately we’re only there to take the blame. So if Kirk goes down, it was a twice removed cousin who had a friend whose step father was a furry that one halloween, so obviously trans. And if a judges house burns down, it was a trans person who dressed up as a MAGA idiot with a note written in fence paint on a new box of bullets.

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                  Exactly. It doesnt fucking matter. Even if an actual honest to God leftist does do a terrorism against the establishment, it wouldn’t change anything.