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The Mouth

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27. To amplify what you said

Fri May 8, 2020, 12:47 PM

May 2020

NO ONE in history has ever thought of themselves as the 'Bad Guy'. Mongols, Nazis, KGB, Confederates, Jihadists, none has ever done what they did, nor really can any human, without having a paradigm where it's the 'right' thing.

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I know a couple of Right Wingnuts who insist Liberals are being manipulated and incited to Civil War [View all] NoRoadUntravelled May 2020 OP

The crazy was always there. johnp3907 May 2020 #1

It has been a fifty year program; it didn't start yesterday. Hate radio is a key ingredient. olegramps May 2020 #32

Yes. First Limbaugh; then Fox... Grins May 2020 #34

They need to create a 'legitimate enemy' to validate their fantasies of slaughter. TheBlackAdder May 2020 #2

Your reply took my breath away for a second. NoRoadUntravelled May 2020 #3

+100000 Celerity May 2020 #5

Rule One... Newest Reality May 2020 #4

Oh no this has been a long, slow burn. Initech May 2020 #7

Yes, I have been hearing Right Wingnuts talk about shooting people for decades. Midnight Writer May 2020 #11

I remember a couple of years ago... Initech May 2020 #14

Well-written and accurate. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #12

Thanks for your explanation. It helps to make sense of the why of it. NoRoadUntravelled May 2020 #13

I get frustrated with them. Blue_true May 2020 #22

+1 nt flying rabbit May 2020 #21

To amplify what you said The Mouth May 2020 #27

If that hasn't been made into a music video, already, it needs to be. Jamastiene May 2020 #36

That's rich coming from Vanilla ISIS. n/t Laelth May 2020 #6

Yeah, because our side is so heavily armed Hekate May 2020 #8

A poster here claimed yesterday sarisataka May 2020 #16

Don't think so Hekate May 2020 #20

Well, if 'our side' means the legitimate government The Mouth May 2020 #28

Shhhh don't give our secret cell away! JCMach1 May 2020 #9

It is the rovian approach: attack your enemies with your most obvious flaw. Voltaire2 May 2020 #10

If COVID-45 steals the office again, it will be get very interesting. roamer65 May 2020 #15

There were quite a few posters sarisataka May 2020 #17

Blaming their victims for the violence they suffer is a hallmark of the far right Azathoth May 2020 #18

So is it all of you liberal revolutionaries Chainfire May 2020 #19

Sheeee!!!!! It's is supposed to be a surprise. nt Blue_true May 2020 #23

I think the lead dust from the firing range is affecting their brains. Crowman2009 May 2020 #24

Given what we know about heavy metal poisoning Mopar151 May 2020 #29

It's pretty easy to incite a Civil War amongst the Left. HotTeaBag May 2020 #25

You underestimate the left. pwb May 2020 #26

Some of us liberals will pick up a gun and blow them away. fwvinson May 2020 #30

They would be surprised to know how many liberals are armed. Jack-o-Lantern May 2020 #31

People are shocked skydive forever May 2020 #33

For $250-300.... the_sly_pig May 2020 #37

We are not the ones carrying assault rifles and randomly going around Jamastiene May 2020 #35

Civil War? Coming from the group that lives the confederate flag... RainCaster May 2020 #38

We are and we will kick their cowardly little asses without firing a single shot. hunter May 2020 #39

Yeah. We're not the ones taking rifles into capital buildings and threatening Flaleftist May 2020 #40

It's called projection TrogL May 2020 #41