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      It was the FBI who released this info. You’d kinda think there’d be no need to publicly share this kind of info because it is not relevant and not great for surviving family members.

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    Who doesn’t. I’m sure he also consumed bread. (But I fail to see the connection with the case. )

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    He did (at least) one good thing in life, and people feel the need to smear him…

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      As a thought exercise: if he succeeded, doesn’t that only further incite the right, convince them that they are fighting the holy fight, and accelerate violence against the citizenry?

      I don’t like Trump either so I get the feeling behind the message, but I don’t see any universe where a successful assassination attempt is a net positive for the country. Seems like it only furthers division and probably leads to a worse place overall.

      Would love to know how I’m wrong though.

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        You assume I would think you’re wrong. I do not.

        Morally, assassination is despicable. But so is fascism.

        I applaud you for taking the high road, while I just say Fuck ‘em all. Fascism should not be tolerated, even in a democracy.

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        I think I agree, but I’d phrase it a bit differently. The problem in our country isn’t division, it’s that there’s an energetic fascist movement that needs to be stopped. The problem with assassinating Trump is that it gives that movement a martyr and would very much energize them (disorganize them too, since they wouldn’t know for sure who to follow anymore, but they’ve never needed to be too organized to do damage and they could do plenty before succession fueled infighting really started to take a toll).

        Killing Trump won’t kill his ideas, the only way to do that is to embarrass Trump and Trumpism badly, so I think the best series of events would be a) Trump loses the election, b) prosecutors explain Trump’s many crimes in meticulous detail to a series of juries who sentence Trump to years and years behind bars, c) Trump dies of a heart attack while taking a shit in prison.

        The fact that the voters already did a) once in 2020 and the system’s let us down on b) is deeply frustrating and worth acknowledging for the sake of identifying the country’s underlying problems (it’s the politicians and lawyers more than it is the voters), but it doesn’t change the fact that assassinating Trump is the last thing we want to do at this point.

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        I feel like somehow this assessment focuses heavily on speculation and ignores a very key fact in that scenario. Trump would no longer be able to be president. And we don’t really know what violence they’d commit exactly. I think it’s pretty sure there would be violence… But why are you assuming it would be widespread and against innocent people? And again it’s like Trump being gone is not even worth mentioning

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      If I were Hitler-level evil, and wanted minions to carry out my diabolical schemes of murder and mayhem, you’d be exactly the type of person I’d look for to help with such things

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    This is probably the least crazy part of the whole equation. I mean if you’re about to go do something that’s going to absolutely get you fucking killed, might as well rub one last one out before you go.

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    No one secured the ladder or the roof or responded to alerts of a gunman on the roof. There’s only two angles where you could shoot the ear without it entering the head, must be a million to one shot… but the real question to ask is…. a teenage boy looking at porn?… that is crazy!

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    Keep in mind this is information provided by the USA, so it’s completely untrustworthy. It’s possible this happened. It’s possible his phone automatically pulled an Instagram update and that’s close enough for their spin. And it’s possible this is completely fabricated.
    You cannot trust them as a source when they need to vilify him.

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    Gotta get that post nut clarity to make sure it is you and not the horny feelings leading you to making that decision.