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TwilightZone

(25,418 posts)
18. They're all waiting for someone else to do it.
Thu Feb 4, 2021, 03:28 PM
Feb 2021

I'm only half-joking. I think for the vast majority of people, the "Dems should be killed" nonsense is just blather. They don't want to do it themselves. They think some vague entity is going to do it for them. In Trump's case, they assume he was going to have the government or the military round up the libs. Convenient for them.

Of course, there are again exceptions. I think the most likely would be former/current members of the military or police who have had training and/or experience and the fake militia crowd. Lots of PTSD in the former and lots of delusions of grandeur in the latter.

I honestly don't know how many of them are capable of killing people based on relentless propaganda or would do so if given the opportunity.

I think the number is relatively small, but it's quite certainly not zero and probably higher than most of us would feel comfortable with. It's figuring out who those non-zero ones are that is the hard part, just like with any other potential terrorists.

Whenever you hear Jerry2144 Feb 2021 #1
+1 sandensea Feb 2021 #3
I've seen enough comments to that effect, and occasionally even heard them, to know that's true. sandensea Feb 2021 #2
I do. Cobalt Violet Feb 2021 #4
Yes, a poll would be useful to see this LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #14
Somehow limit, curtail, stop Nazi media propaganda.... magicarpet Feb 2021 #5
We don't even have to speculate Johnny2X2X Feb 2021 #6
Yes, exactly-- but what %? LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #11
Oh, I absolutely believe there is a large segment that would love to kill us. CrispyQ Feb 2021 #7
FB is definitely a hotbed for this sort of thing LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #12
Not really. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #8
Yeah, good points--- though I bet they would do it if someone like trump explicitly LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #13
They're all waiting for someone else to do it. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #18
Fox has been demonizing Democrats for 20 years, so yes. catrose Feb 2021 #9
Of course they think we should be killed. Dems have been demonized. We kill and eat babies. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #10
A personal anecdote: Mister Ed Feb 2021 #15
OMG!!! LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #22
100% believe it. MontanaMama Feb 2021 #16
Wow. LymphocyteLover Feb 2021 #23
Yes mmbrevo Feb 2021 #17
Yes I Do Believe Tbear Feb 2021 #19
Maybe they do - Lokee11 Feb 2021 #20
They sure talk about it a lot. I know several personally that have expressed that to me. Midnight Writer Feb 2021 #21
There are some very specific Republicans drmeow Feb 2021 #24
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