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Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 03:37 PM Jul 2020

Latest news on the Extended Family Trumper front...

The FB Trumpers are claiming that BLM, which they are calling a terrorist group of course, is going to attack a statue of Sam Houston.

A call to arms for MAGAts naturally.

I think they are being played...

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pwb

(11,246 posts)
2. Put your fake fatigues on boys
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 03:43 PM
Jul 2020

and your bullet prof vest and combat boots and to show how tough you are don't bring any water in this heat. Lib's like water.

FraDon

(518 posts)
3. It's all part of the readiness training for their coming 'New Lexington/Concord'
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 04:03 PM
Jul 2020

(as the neo-cons say, 'new pearl harbor') kicking off their so-long-repressed blood lust, the next UnCivil War. So many of them WANT this; Putin and the Oligarchs want this.

It's a plan: Falling into Fascism.

CanonRay

(14,084 posts)
4. Maybe about the 20th or 30th time they fall for this
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 05:28 PM
Jul 2020

and scurry around the country, they'll get it.

On second thought, no.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
5. Naw, no one will show but them and there will celebration and chest beating...
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 05:30 PM
Jul 2020

and bragging about how the owned the libs and scared them off.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. Gently remind them of Jade Helm and the Bowling Green Massacre
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 05:34 PM
Jul 2020

Then ask why they think this is any different.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
8. Just thinking how lucky the wingnuts are....
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 05:47 PM
Jul 2020

that us progressives don't have thousands of internet trolls (like they do) hanging around Twitter and Facebook just to create hundreds of fake events like this one.

If we did, they would never sleep........

Tech

(1,769 posts)
9. If they keep going to save confederate statues, and I am thinking the statue of San Houston
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 05:48 PM
Jul 2020

might be in Texas, as most confederate statues are in the south, and they aren't wearing masks, and covid cases are extreme in red states right now. Well, may be the problem might just solve itself.

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