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‘No way out without bloodshed’: the right believe the US is under threat and are mobilizing
(www.theguardian.com)
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No one is mobilizing shit, people are still fed and clothed, housed and have jobs and still have their entertainment...these loudmouths aren't going to do shit. They just talk a lot but at the end of the day, they're not going to start shit.
It's exactly the same as all of us going "hurdur guillotine time."
We vent about it, but no one is actually going to get violent.
Imagine though? "Global history classes 2040: America had 2 civil wars. One was over literally owning human beings and the other was over an orange man who could never have enough attention. America is a silly place that you should never go to, just laugh at from afar."
Well, it'd be more like "the 2nd was a proxy conflict over a figurehead after news networks were coopted by conservative billionaires and used for 30+ years to sow seeds of stochastic terrorism after laws regarding lying on TV were eliminated."
They kinda are, though. Some mobilized on Jan 6. Some have been going out and showing open displays of nazi hate, complete with sieg heil salutes. Some have been threatening drag queen story hour at the libraries by standing outside with guns strapped to their backs and hips (because we all know that libraries are the most dangerous place for these guys -- too many facts in books i guess). Some are open-carrying at polling places during voting.
Some are shooting up Planned Parenthoods. Some are setting pride centers on fire. Some are going after non-christian places of worship.
It's all happened.
But when they do this stuff -- when they show us who they are and try to intimidate us and terrorize us, believe them. They are dangerous.
Small tiny groups doing shit like that is not going to start a civil war though. Yeah it's fucked up they're doing that shit but they're not going to be creating a rebellion.
I don't think most people are seriously worried about civil war. However some horrifying examples of domestic terrorism is possible and unfortunately likely.
O the terrorism part I am not denying at all, that's a very plausible reality, but this entire theead has been people worried about a civil war and dipshits on the maga side acting like they're going to do something right after they finish off the 3 baconators.
No one ever stormed the capitol... /s
1k people do not make a civil war, and those people went back with full bellies and talking shit online.
And after talking shit online, some found a comfy new home for a short stint
They wouldn't wear a paper mask to save their own family. They're not going to drop 100 pounds and die for their asshole king.
Yep, they're going to talk a bunch of shit online, they're not going to get off the keyboard and move to a central location in mass to create a rebellion and start a civil war.
The jackass down the street "mobilized" in 2020 to harass poll sites. He was rolling coal all over town, among other things. I'll let y'all know if he's fool enough to start up again, right after the fbi.
The irony.
The Republican crowd has done more in recent memory to mobilize than anyone leaning center-left has. We're the ones that talk a lot and do little. The Right is dangerous, stop giving them a pass by presuming they won't do anything.
They...will...not...start...a...civil...war.
I don't know how much clearer I can be. They're loud, but the amount of people who even turn out for these rallies is a joke.
Doesn't mean they're not dangerous. Especially since they know most of us typically turn our heads to avoid confrontation. While there are reasons, some of them good, I have no doubt that group has felt emboldened by the lack of stalwart opposition these past few years.
Didn't say they weren't, and less and less of us are lacking arms. I've got around 85% of my friends group who are on the left now carrying or owning firearms. Trump should have shown everyone on the left you shouldn't ever give up your arms.