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July 1, 2018

So you think genocide could never happen in America?

This is worryingly too close to the mark:



Given what’s happening today, it might be a good idea to keep one eye on this list. Keep in mind the process which turns democracy into autocracy, tyranny, and genocide is usually not a short one. Genocide most often arrives, not after powerful, sweeping blows from a sledgehammer, but from the patient nibbling at the margins from rubber mallets over a long period of time.


[link:http://whatwouldjackdo.org/2018/06/30/so-you-think-genocide-could-never-happen-here-in-america/|



July 1, 2018

Presupposing trumpers understand logic...



Of course they would never understand this logic....

Heh
July 1, 2018

Conservative radio host: Liberals who harass Trump officials are 'going to be put in a box'

Giving the example of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi being confronted by protesters, Deagle declared that in addition to using pepper spray, he would have “whipped out my concealed carry permit gun and I would have blown them away and put them in a box.”

“They need to understand the right is not going to be shouted down,” he said. “[If] they continue to think they are going to harass the right, these people need to understand they’re not going to have a bad day, they’re going to die.”

When Deagle’s guest and fellow right-wing commentator Josh Bernstein referred to Maxine Waters’ recent call for progressives to publicly confront Trump administration officials, Deagle reiterated his threat to kill, saying he would “haul out a weapon and I would blow him away, hit him in the center of the body to make sure he didn’t have time to go to the I.C.U. or have a trauma surgeon [save him], he’d be dead on the spot.”

“People need to start realizing they’re going to get a lot more than they bargained for if they want to harass us, supporters of Donald Trump and conservatism,” Deagle continued. “They’re not going to get just a little helter skelter and yelling — they’re going to get death.”


[link:http://deadstate.org/conservative-radio-host-liberals-who-harass-trump-officials-are-going-to-be-put-in-a-box/|

The scary thing is how these nutjobs actually have agency these days
July 1, 2018

Alt-right rally in Portland declared a riot after right-wingers go on violent rampage


A rally in Portland, Oregon organized by Joey Gibson, who is running for U.S. Senate as a Republican in Washington state was declared a riot on Saturday night, the Oregonian reports.

Gibson is an extremists who holds “free speech rallies” to provoke Antifa and other leftists. Today’s event, held near the site of the family-friendly rally opposing President Trump’s immigration policies devolved after police told everyone to go home.

In a video posted by independent journalist Mike Bivins, one of the right-wingers appears to throw a heavy metal trash trash can lid at a what appears to be a much smaller woman.


[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/alt-right-rally-portland-declared-riot-right-wingers-go-violent-rampage-brawl-breaks-streets/|

I cannot see an end to this anytime soon
July 1, 2018

He didn't even bother to delete the old one....

... just RUDE when you cannot even be bothered to try and cover up your lies and distortions anymore?!?!?!

July 1, 2018

Not that I approve of violence....however one has a certain empathy...

FUCK FACE is really really real



And here is my personal British political fuck face list:



I am not wrong, right?

Heh

July 1, 2018

Crowd drops to ground crying as 'lunatic' Trump supporter pulls gun on peaceful immigration protest

A peaceful Alabama protest of President Trump’s extremist immigration policy was allegedly terrorized by a Trump supporter who started an argument and then pulled out a gun.

The incident happened in Huntsville, where a group was gathered in Big Spring Park.

A former Huntsville teacher, Shane Ryan Sealy, 34, allegedly showed up to counter protest. He exchanged words with another protestor and then pulled out a gun, according to WHNT News.

Other attendees described him as a “a lunatic counter protester” and praised police for quickly arresting him.


[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/children-drop-ground-crying-lunatic-trump-supporter-pulls-gun-peaceful-immigration-protest-alabama/|

How is it that pulling a gun has become the go to position ?
July 1, 2018

Restaurant manager in Canada fired for refusing service to customer in MAGA hat



In a statement, Sequoia Company of Restaurants, which owns the Teahouse in Vancouver said it fired the manager for violating its “philosophy of tolerance.”

But newly sacked former manager Darin Hodge says he has no regrets about the incident or his subsequent firing, saying “As a person with a strong moral backbone, I had to take a stand against this guest’s choice of headwear while in my former place of work.”

According to The Hill newspaper, the restaurant was hit with a barrage of negative reviews on Yelp. Trump supporters accused the restaurant of discrimination against conservatives, but they weren’t the only ones with something to say. Many voiced support for the manager, and slammed the restaurant for his firing.


[link:https://thinkprogress.org/restaurant-manager-in-canada-fired-for-refusing-service-to-customer-in-maga-hat-2215b3aa4531/|

Gotta love people taking a principled stand....
July 1, 2018

Snowflakes really hate feeling like a minority HEHE



Suck it up buttercups

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About Soph0571

I am a Brit. I am a working class child of the troubles in Belfast who now lives a life of privilege. I am an anti-racist, progressive monster for truth. If I fail in being that monster, call me out....
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