My trap card has been activated. I play "Personal PTSD".
January, 6th 2021 was not fucking, “bare speculation that third parties might interact with the individuals President Trump comments on”.
Through social media posts, he summoned up a goddamned army of lunatics to overthrow my goddamned country. They captured the Capitol of the United States of my fucking America. I'm so pissed off I could fucking choke.
I watched 01/06 go down live on CNN, all fucking day. Anyone else? I can't watch 60-seconds of those videos, not 60 damned seconds. The fear and anger and revulsion and hate and revenge lust, I can't do it. Can anyone else? Now I truly know what "triggered" means.
I'd comment more, but I can't think straight, and the words "gallows and a mass grave for traitors" don't generally get good reception.
But seriously, his social media posts are harmless, just a man practicing free speech.
I watched it live and was pretty underwhelmed the whole time. The coverage really didn't capture the gravity of the violence imo. It just seemed like people lazily walking past barricates. I didn't even realize that shit was going down until well into the day when there were reports of injuries.
It definitely depended on the feed, but there was some violent window smashing and screaming/yelling/trying to break down doors.
The news crews really weren't set up for "action movie" style coverage with all the key points of interest. That's part of why it didn't "look" that bad. Like, if you look at most gas station robberies, they don't look that bad either ... because the angles aren't dramatic, they don't make you "feel" the moment.
Trump's called those seditionists "hostages" in a speech the other day.
EDIT: Also, January 6th was the day I quit my online gaming group. I just didn't feel like having that sort of magical fantasy life when this shit was happening for a while. I regret it now, but the group broke up anyway (not because of me quitting).
I was shocked that it happened, but I knew it wasn't going to amount to anything. I'm actually surprised that only one of those fuckers got shot. What sickens me more is I'm probably distantly related to her (her last name is my mom's maiden name).
It really almost did though. There should be a statue of that black capital police officer that drew the mob away from the senate chamber without firing a shot.
Of course it is. It's amazing that he is allowed to do this.
on September 25, Trump’s lawyer John Lauro argued against the special counsel’s motion for a gag order in the DC case, calling it “bare speculation that third parties might interact with the individuals President Trump comments on.”
...except it's not speculation at all. There's a long history of Trump saying shit like 'somebody oughta do something about [x specific person, for y reasons]' and then randos in his audience volunteer to do 'something' like mail pipe bombs to them, or make threats to them and/or their families.
The only lawyer willing to take his cases should be a public defender at this point. He never pays his bills and he's in serious trouble. He's gotten the shittiest lawyers money can buy at this point, but they're still lawyers that actually think he's going to pay them. Meaning they believe in his lies.
Does this surprise anyone? I mean, Trump has already been shown to cause a spike in hate crimes (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3102652). Any minority or non-white male voting for Trump is either 1) insane or 2) thinks they are immune to hate crimes (which is also insane).
My mom’s been in there. She tells me AP is left wing media it’s astounding.
Thing is she’s the sweetest mom just doesn’t like abortion. And then ends up reading these traitors posts.
I almost cut off my relationship with my mother in 2020 because of her politics and some stupid shit she quoted me from Fox News that was exposed with a five second web search. I really feel your pain.
A friend gave me the wisdom that "it's harder to open a door than to shut one." That saved us. I implemented a "no politics" rule with my mom and we've been good ever since. She still (accidentally, I think) makes off-hand remarks that are silly, but we stick to the rule and we're much better off. I can't save her from her shitty views and it's best that I not try.
Not among the cult. If you listen to his followers, having the gag order lifted was the only way to defend himself publicly and that order was San affront to his first amendment rights and placing it in him should be prosecuted as election interference.
Not defending, just mocking: How intimidated can you be by a guy with Umpalumpa makeup, doll hands, and a penis that looks like Toad from Super Mario Bros?
We all know captain bone spurs wouldn't do anything himself. It's all the crazies that worship him and have a basement with more weapons and ammunition than a gun store.
How all those 'manly men' supposed 'patriots' could follow "a guy with Umpalumpa makeup, doll hands, and a penis that looks like Toad from Super Mario Bros".... That'll be a subject for multiple dissertations in a future, hopefully better society to be built after this one has either been fixed or upon its ashes.