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Before Trump: America is over if Trump gets elected After Trump: America is over if Trump gets re-elected, for realsies this time He was a bad and incompetent

• 082349872349872 3y ago
  > loose enough screw to make anything happen eg "stand back and stand by"; cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack#/media/File:Government_Exhibit_in_USA_v_Rhodes_-_Diagram_of_Oath_Keeper_Leadership.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capito... At least the SA pretended not to be a paramilitary organisation, but masqueraded as a "gymnastics club" before they got into power: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung#:~:text=More%20than%20a,with%20the%20government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung#:~:text=More%20...
• int_19h 3y ago
  As a gun owner with a bunch of ARs in the safe, I used to run in hardcore pro-Trump far right circles for many years. What I've seen there is, quite literally, people preparing for war. I'm not saying that all or even most Trump voters are like that. But there are definitely quite a few people like that basically just sitting and waiting for a clear go-ahead signal from someone whom they trust, and they are already well-armed and somewhat organized. And they all seem to trust Trump.
  • DrNosferatu 3y ago
    > “I used to” What changed for you?
    • int_19h 3y ago
      I stopped tolerating such people even for the sake of a hobby that I enjoy.