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[–] rustydomino 169 points 4 months ago (4 children)

No mixed feelings at all. I am unequivocally sad that we lost Richard Simmons today 😒😒😒

[–] garbagebagel 32 points 4 months ago

Damn this is how I found out. Extra sad now, thanks.

[–] Confused_Emus 15 points 4 months ago

And Dr Ruth. That lady was such a charming little horn dog.

[–] hemmes 12 points 4 months ago

And Dr. Ruth! πŸ˜ͺ

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[–] jose1324 109 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nothing mixed. Fully sad he didn't die and this will cement his win in the coming months. We're fucked.

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[–] ikidd 85 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Melania was disappointed by 2 inches once again.

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don’t have mixed feelings. No-one should ever, attempt, to assasinate a would be dictator.

[–] [email protected] 84 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do or do not, there is no try
- Yoda

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[–] drunkpostdisaster 73 points 4 months ago (8 children)

I rather it never happened. But him surviving is the worst outcome.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 4 months ago
[–] TheEighthDoctor 67 points 4 months ago

I have thoughts and prayers for the bullet that couldn't do it's job

[–] Diplomjodler3 64 points 4 months ago

Absolutely not. My feeling of disappointment was completely unequivocal.

[–] I_Miss_Daniel 59 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Not mixed, the attempt does not improve or reduce his ability to run the country. What it does however is increase his chances of winning.

Gives me Reagan and Hitler vibes.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago

Its disappointing. Good someone had the balls to actually try and show he is serious when he says the 2A is there to prevent fascism. Sad he failed.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

After thinking about this REALLY REALLY HARD...offing him will do nothing to stop the creep of facism. You have an entire party now aligned with the idealogices that the 3rd Reich had. And it's the entire party. MAGA killed the GOP after they got rid of Cheney. You cut one head off and 3 more will pop up identical to him...with vindication. Its going to be a yearly struggle and I'm afraid we won't be able to hold them back forever.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 months ago

Killing him potentially turns their party against themselves as they fight each other for the power vacuum it creates

Doing it before he picks a VP furthers that unity divide

[–] Tyfud 33 points 4 months ago

There's a reason the Allies kept trying to assassinate Hitler during WW2, and it wasn't because they thought it was a bad plan to end the war.

Not saying I agree or disagree with you. Just sayin' how it happened last time.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

After thinking about this REALLY REALLY HARD…offing him will do nothing to stop the creep of [fascism]

Who would step in to replace Trump? Trump has worked hard to discredit anybody who could potentially challenge him. Strongmen often groom a son to take over for them, but only after they've been in power for many years. Trump might want Junior to take over, but I doubt even Trump's hand-picked yes-men would accept Junior at this point.

Instead you'd almost certainly get a power vacuum with various Republican factions trying to take over.

You cut one head off and 3 more will pop up

And those 3 would start snapping at each-other trying to become the dominant head. And, as long as they're distracted snapping at each-other, they're not going to be focusing on us.

IMO, Trump is also the only thing holding this right-wing coalition together. As soon as he's gone the factions are going to turn on each-other. The bad thing is that they've already shown that they're going to get violent when they feel their grip on power is slipping. I'm sure this assassination attempt is going to lead to right-wing violence, and if it had succeeded it would have been a lot more violence.

The most dangerous thing about Trump is that he's he's got almost half the US behind him. There are probably more cruel Republicans, and probably some who would be more effective at implementing their cruel policies. But, not many who would be able to get so much support and keep the coalition together.

The Republican base is getting smaller each year as old people die. It's not a popular platform with the younger voters. If the US can avoid a Trump win this year, the MAGA version of the Republican party will probably fall apart. Then it will be back to the regular corporatocracy that the US has been dealing with for decades. If he does win... well I'm glad I don't live in the US.

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[–] suction 49 points 4 months ago

No mixed feelings, I’m absolutely devastated about how much harder saving the USA will be from today.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 months ago (5 children)

no i wanted that fuckers head to blow up

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[–] Chainweasel 48 points 4 months ago

No mixed feelings here, just heaps of disappointment.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not mixed. Just disappointed.

[–] ekZepp 18 points 4 months ago

Disappoint in not enough to describe my feelings.

I feel like I'm blocked under a huge building about to collapse at any moment and a huge piece of the support pillar just came off...

...that's how i feel right now.

[–] cmrn 29 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Pessimistically, I don’t see how the system gets better without full collapse.

But wow imagine a few normal candidates running again. Imagine getting to vote for politics and not in a rule-breaking popularity contest.

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[–] obinice 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've not looked at the news yet, Lemmy was my first stop. I'm thinking.... earthquake in the Kremlin?

There's a lot of really nice architecture there, it'd be a shame for it to be lost in rubble.

That, or we got disqualified from the Euros final xD

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (16 children)

Trump got shot at. Trump fine (hence the meme), shooter dead, couple bystanders dead.

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

My feelings weren't mixed on Trump. I hope the next person has better aim.

I was just plain old sad about Richard Simmons, Dr Ruth, and Shannen Doherty. They all deserve better.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I guess the convicted felon is destined to expire on his golden throne while trying to push out a Big Mac.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

Today was a bad day

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I'll say it out loud: On the one hand, dying of cancer sucks. On the other, Shannon Doherty was really mean to her coworkers.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

No mixed feelings.

I wish there was more wind.

I like wind.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Oh no, I wasn't having mixed feelings, I was disappointed that someone took a shot at the king and missed.

[–] SeattleRain 12 points 4 months ago (6 children)

This Rhino must be talking to liberals.

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