Quietly watching discourse around this man’s statements like a thermometer. Should I drink a shot when someone disavows his ideas or when they say he’s not wrong?

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  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Alright, I can’t argue too strongly about those statements being investigated.

    How about all the times I’ve seen MAGA people make threats like that and worse? Crickets? Thought so.

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      2 days ago

      How about all the times I’ve seen MAGA people make threats like that and worse?

      Yeah, my own half brother threatened to shoot me for voting against his orange god. My parents regularly would post about how anyone who disagreed with Trump deserved death.

      But these are rules for others, not for them.

      • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        Over a decade ago my cousins advised me on Facebook that “they had the guns” and “they knew where I live”. I’ve had to block almost all of that side of the family.