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Can you "say Reichstag Fire," boys and girls? n/t (Original Post)
markpkessinger
Sep 2025
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msongs
(73,011 posts)1. ranks right up there with the alleged assasination attempt of whats his name nt
applegrove
(129,923 posts)2. It's a possibility.
mitch96
(15,595 posts)3. So you think this is a false flag op to give the rump an avenue to something sinister? nt
applegrove
(129,923 posts)4. To get MAGA back to hating liberals and others (women, people of colour,
lgbtqa+, poor people, democrats, intellectuals, government employees, blue states, etc... and wanting to destroy their worlds) and away from asking about Epstein. Nobody has a clue about anything till the guy who assassinated Kirk is caught.
yellow dahlia
(4,254 posts)6. Yup!
EdmondDantes_
(1,306 posts)5. I can, but there's no evidence to support the claim
Most things aren't a big conspiracy. It's especially hard for me to believe the bumbling fools in the Trump administration could pull it off. They aren't very smart.
markpkessinger
(8,875 posts)8. What evidence would that be?
They had a suspect in custody, but he has been released. I've seen no other reports of any evidence.
yellow dahlia
(4,254 posts)7. False flag was my first thought.
And now this has shown up - way too convenient.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220626898
Kaleva
(40,119 posts)9. Many historians don't believe the Reichstag fire was a false flag operation
However, the Nazis used it to convince President Hindenburg to issue the Reichstag Fire Decree.