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vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Opinion: Don’t underestimate threats of violence from Proud Boys and other right-wing groups

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Opinion: Don’t underestimate threats of violence from Proud Boys and other right-wing groups

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vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months ago
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Opinion: Don't underestimate threats of violence from Proud Boys and other right-wing groups
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Pro-Trump mobs are likely to use intimidation in the upcoming election. But what could happen on inauguration day is even more troubling.
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    “23% of Proud Boys and 30% of militia supporters said that violence (which we defined as “physical force strong enough that it could cause pain or injury to a person”) was usually or always justified ‘to stop people who do not share my beliefs from voting’”

    How absolutely un-American.

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        They don’t love America, but they do love being in charge of America

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        Oh I completely agree with you and my comment wasn’t meant for their eyes. It was simply my subjective assessment of that sentiment. I’m well aware those chucklefucks would see things differently. It’s why they’re Proud Boys after all.

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    You mean the domestic terrorists are still here? I’m shocked, shocked I tell you! Why haven’t all the good apples in the police force arrested them for their blatant disregard for the law? It’s not because they’re white and conservative, right?

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    The only people that under estimate them are news outlets.

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      Who’s protesting them?

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    So the 3rd week of October all these out and about domestic terrorists get rolled up in raids all across the US and held for several weeks before their trial starts, right.

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    This is propaganda. Manufactured consent.

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