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mahatmakanejeeves

(68,454 posts)
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:11 AM 13 hrs ago

"This is literally what every right-winger has spent my whole life telling me they want."

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Mom for Gliberty
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This is literally what every right-winger has spent my whole life telling me they want.

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A community member armed with a firearm stands guard in his neighborhood after ICE was spotted nearby during an abduction operation in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18, 2026.

10:05 PM · Jan 19, 2026

This is literally what every right-winger has spent my whole life telling me they want.

Mom for Gliberty (@fakegreekgrill.bsky.social) 2026-01-20T03:05:45.244Z


Raider
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A community member armed with a firearm stands guard in his neighborhood after ICE was spotted nearby during an abduction operation in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18, 2026.

7:18 PM · Jan 18, 2026

A community member armed with a firearm stands guard in his neighborhood after ICE was spotted nearby during an abduction operation in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18, 2026.

Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) 2026-01-19T00:18:53.334Z


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7:22 PM · Jan 18, 2026

my_random_name (@my-random-name.bsky.social) 2026-01-19T00:22:20.340Z
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"This is literally what every right-winger has spent my whole life telling me they want." (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 13 hrs ago OP
Yes indeed..they wanted open carry BlueWaveNeverEnd 13 hrs ago #1
Not helpful, bad optics Ferryboat 13 hrs ago #2
NRA forgot to be there Norrrm 11 hrs ago #3
Hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance markodochartaigh 10 hrs ago #4

Ferryboat

(1,225 posts)
2. Not helpful, bad optics
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:55 AM
13 hrs ago

Guns in the streets give the regime an excuse to amp it up even more. Blatant lies to justify increasing oppression.
I understand the desire to protect the neighbors. But keep it discrete.

markodochartaigh

(5,104 posts)
4. Hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 03:25 AM
10 hrs ago

are hallmarks of the authoritarian personality.

One time a co-worker told me that she voted Republicans because she thought that the government should keep out of people's business. I said that Republicans didn’t stay out of people's business if they were gay. I told her that Republicans didn't stay out of people's business if they wanted to join a union. She just shrugged and said that she didn't care about those things.

Another nurse I knew was worried about the federal deficit. I told her that Bush the Second's wars and tax cuts would skyrocket the national debt. She said that she believed that that was part of god's plan. I asked her why it wasn't part of god's plan to increase the deficit to feed poor people and to give people health care. She just shook her head in despair at my lack of religious understanding.

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