Is it only me or the recent assassination attempts have some common themes as Ukraine, World Global Citizen utopia and hate for Trump?

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Bruh, as soon as I saw cbs say they corresponded with them while in Ukraine I knew there’d be a shit ton of conspiracy theories.

      I think the one they settle on is going to really be “the media” tried to kill trump

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    From what I understand, the first assassination it wasn’t clear the shooter particularly hated Trump. Sounded more like a school shooter. If anyone has seen reporting otherwise I’d be interested to read it.

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      Wait. Cmon dude. Trump says “fight” and people scream stochastic terrorism, this guy says you’re free to kill Trump if you’re not a coward and you’re like “naw, that’s just poetic license?” Don’t be obtuse.

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        Trump is directing an audience of his supporters to fight, while this is a nobody tweeting at an entire country letting them know they are free to assassinate him. I actually do see a difference.

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          Was a nobody. You’re literally reading about it on social media and news sites and having a conversation about it with strangers now.

          He was a nobody and was writing things no one was reading.

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            You are making my point for me. When did he send that tweet? Was it before or after he went from a nobody to a somebody?

            The biggest difference between things you say are identical is that when Trump said something, people actually listened. The only reason this guy is no longer a nobody is because people didn’t listen when he talked. He had to do it himself, because nobody was listening to a nobody.

            But yeah, congrats on recognizing his current status now. It’s super relevant to the point at hand.

      • Granbo's Holy Hotrod@lemmy.world
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        Specifically, it was directed at Iran and a compitulation to a previous political stance. He is also just some random dude and not a “billionaire” with an actual audience.

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    2 days ago

    It’s so hard to get published nowadays. Good for him.