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lindysalsagal

(22,922 posts)
Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:24 PM Sep 2024

I fear maga cultists will remain violent and dangerous even when tscf loses.

And I don't know how to resolve that, with nearly half of the country under his spell.

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Siwsan

(27,837 posts)
3. I'm convinced there will be trouble, no matter what the outcome of the election
Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:29 PM
Sep 2024

If he pulls this off, his cult members will be emboldened to carry out some of the vile threats he's been spewing. If he doesn't, they will be enraged. I don't even want to think of what will happen.

FrankBooth

(1,852 posts)
5. Exactly right. All this pearl clutching is pointless
Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:33 PM
Sep 2024

They aren't going to do a goddamn thing but whine into their phones after they lose.

kimbutgar

(27,256 posts)
4. Let's just hope that the stress of him losing in a massive landslide will cause him to have a major
Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:31 PM
Sep 2024

Heart attack and he dies. Leaving his cult members devastated and depressed.

I can dream can’t I?

pat_k

(13,393 posts)
9. You and me both.
Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:40 PM
Sep 2024

I fear for election officials in AZ, GA, ME, MI, NC, NE, NV, PA, and WI -- and TX and FL if Harris's count gets within striking distance. I hope governors are prepared to deploy national guard protection quickly when things get ugly. And where governors don't act, I hope the Feds have a plan for stepping in.

lindysalsagal

(22,922 posts)
12. I feel like Georgia should have the ag convene a grand jury ahead of
Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:48 PM
Sep 2024

Time so that any lame excuses the ga congress invents can be dispensed with instantly.

hlthe2b

(113,999 posts)
7. Well, I decry violence, but if there is a incident sufficient to have LEO fire on them, that might well send the message
Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:38 PM
Sep 2024

and sadly, may be what is necessary.

orthoclad

(4,728 posts)
8. Some guerilla war events
Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:38 PM
Sep 2024

What the Reich Wing calls "political speech".

We keep being gentle with them. That only encourages sociopaths to think we're weak pushovers.

Bundy to Malheur to J6 and beyond.

Don't forget the practice runs on taking out power grids.

patricia92243

(12,975 posts)
10. I think everyone is going to be pleasantly surprised. For all their bluster, MAGA
Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:41 PM
Sep 2024

knows what happened to the January Insurrection crowd - prison time. When it comes down to it, they don't want to go to prison for Trump.

So, they will scream and holler - but that's all.

lindysalsagal

(22,922 posts)
13. I used to feel that way. But they're so addicted to their cult drug.
Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:50 PM
Sep 2024

People losing their grip on reality are dangerous.

Kaleva

(40,365 posts)
14. You can start preparing for what you think will happen.
Mon Sep 9, 2024, 04:52 PM
Sep 2024

Despite living in a sea of Red, I don't expect anything to happen to me. Life will continue pretty much as it usually does.

appmanga

(1,494 posts)
15. I have said it before and I'll say it again...
Mon Sep 9, 2024, 05:14 PM
Sep 2024

...anyone with sense knows there are dozens of people who've lost their livelihoods, hundred who've lost their freedom, and unknown numbers who lost their lives following that moron. If even more want to take a chance on losing their lives for the sake of Donald Trump, there are people who will accommodate them. Being a Democrat doesn't make someone allergic to guns and there are Democrats who accept the 2nd Amendment as their right to bear arms. The MAGA cowards know that. If they don't, they might want to learn it without learning the hard way.

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