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[–] [email protected] 179 points 5 months ago (6 children)

People aren't seeing this for the real precursor it is. People are getting emboldened now. There will be more events like this.

[+] [email protected] 95 points 5 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

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[–] TotallynotJessica 61 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't. They might commit more hate crimes, but mass shooters usually do it because they're demoralized and feel powerless. Trump supporters are the opposite rn. The shooter rolled a natural 1 for agility and Trump rolled a critical success for luck. It couldn't have gone better for him.

[–] Wilzax 31 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

The DC for the shot was much higher than you think. He rolled a combined 24 when the DC was 25.

If he rolled a 1 he would have been shot dead before getting a shot off at all. Instead, he grazed the target's ear from over 100 feet away. That took skill.

[–] too_high_for_this 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It was around 400 feet, but that's still absolutely nothing for an AR. My 65 year old mother was hitting a six-inch target at 300 ft her first time ever shooting.

For comparison, Army recruits have to hit a human sized target at about 500 ft to qualify. And basically everyone qualifies.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Reports are saying it’s the teleprompter glass that cut him, which makes wayyyy more sense than him getting grazed.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I'm far less concerned about emboldened supporters than I am about the likely backlash by the state. Events like this are always taken as justification for more harsh oppression of the people. Also, Biden now has to make statements sympathetic to Trump. This couldn't have gone worse - we get the blowback from an attempt, and he's able to ride this to more popularity.

Assassination isn't the way, folks. I know you're hurting, I know you're disempowered by the electoral system, but Trump and Biden aren't the core of the problem. You can't cut the head off because it's not a snake, it's a hydra. The way to beat this system is to build alternatives and wean people off of their dependence on it, and deprive it of victims. You have to starve the beast.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Taking out the fascist figureheads does nothing about the ideology and forces behind the fascism. Make being a Nazi something to be ashamed of again.

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[–] Semicolon 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I honestly give it a 50% chance that there’s some sort of mass casualty event in the next 12 hours related to this.

Given that there is more mass shootings in USA than days in a year, I think this ship has already sailed...

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Unfortunately, I have to agree with you. Also the SS did not do their job. Before the attempt on Trump, people in the crowd were pointing out that guy in camouflage on the roof of that building, yet the secret service/law enforcement did not respond. And the counter sniper waited until the perp took numerous shots to respond.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I forgot that SS also stood for Secret Service...

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[–] Maggoty 20 points 5 months ago

USSS.

The acronym is USSS.

Some of his detail might wish they were SS but we're not there... Yet.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

I wonder how the narrative will change if it turns out it was a victim/relative of his (rape or fraud/failure to pay)

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[–] TheBat 173 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Even assassins are enshittified these days smh my head. Back in the day, JFK got shot in a moving car.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That was the CIA, this was a grassroots effort

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago

By a registered Republican, smh. Real leftists don't skip range day.

[–] TheBat 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I thought JFK was grassy effort...

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[–] Addition1291 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Idk man, I have it on good authority that JFK's head just did that all on its own.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Lies!
lies!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, but they had multiple people, magic bullets, and CIA backing.

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[–] [email protected] 99 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Today is my birthday. Waking up to "Trump dead" headlines would be absolutely killer. What I got was "Trump gets ear pierced on stage".

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago

Happy birthday!

[–] [email protected] 92 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He missed his chance to blow

[–] [email protected] 64 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This opportunity comes once in a lifetime

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You better lose yourself in the music

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[–] Gingerlegs 91 points 5 months ago

I expected nothing and I’m still disappointed

[–] [email protected] 72 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This happened today and this image already looks like it's been reposted for over a decade

[–] TotallynotJessica 34 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The tags are probably sports related. It likely HAS been reposted for decades.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I'm glad he survived. His life should be full in quantity and empty of quality.

[–] assassinatedbyCIA 47 points 5 months ago

78 seems like a pretty full quantity if you ask me.

[–] pyre 26 points 5 months ago (18 children)

but also because him dying doesn't solve the problem. people forget that he's actually unpopular. him getting replaced would benefit the party. and the real problem is the entire fascist party. their agenda won't change with TFG dying.

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[–] Psychodelic 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, but imagine if they retaliate and assassinate Biden? Wouldn't that be... interesting.

I'm considering what the impact would be on the election if it were Harris running, for example

[–] NateNate60 39 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Biden has a clear successor. Trump doesn't. The assassination of a head of state would draw sympathy worldwide. The state funeral would be huge. Right now, Trump is still just some politician running for office.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I fucking hate this meta but we literally are at the point where Joe Biden should seriously consider faking his own death.

[–] NateNate60 18 points 5 months ago (8 children)

This should be an option for all politicians. You can fake your own death, then you get put in to Witness Protection and can retire to a quiet, peaceful life on a ranch in Wyoming. Quit without having to deal with slack from party leaders.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

He's always enjoyed that. He's clearly not a person of quality. Fuck the orange demon

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I love that none of us are pretending Trump's a good person just because someone tried to kill him.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

Trump is an Asshole and this won't change under any circumstance. And this pice of shit Musk who's now saying "Oh No now let's vote all for Trump because he got shot" just makes new excuses to openly support Trump but don't get hated as much for it

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can someone fill in whats happened?

[–] MojoMcJojo 49 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Assassination attempt on Trump

[–] Redex68 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's not what we need right now, damn.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Also Darwin Núñez played a match about the same time frame, so funnily enough those two comments must have overlapped

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago

Mf forgot they were playing on death sentence difficulty

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago

they fired, and they missed. they fired again, missed again.

this has been stuck in my head since hearing about it

[–] Treczoks 21 points 5 months ago

If I understood the news correctly, the shooter was actually listed as "Republican". Do you actually expect such a person to get something that important right?

[–] Lumisal 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Gotta say, a lot of people here talking a lot of shit about someone who actually had the balls to at least try to do something direct considering none of y'all have taken a shot at it yourselves in Minecraft.

You can't complain about someone failing to do your personal final fantasy when they at least tried to achieve what you haven't.

I'm certain some of you legitimately can't for personal reasons, but if you can and you're not doing it either, you can't complain that they missed skibbity.

After all, as Dr. Doofinshmirtz once said, "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take".

If you're interested in doing more, learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHEgHjJvR94

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago

This reads like written by 3 different people