“Shot an unpopular politician”
Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?
(Yes ik Trump)
It’s kinda true in the sense that:
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One side hates him because he tried to kill their god.
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Another side hates him because he missed.
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And another side hates him for attempting it in the first place because all it does is make an already very unstable political situation even worse no matter the outcome.
I mean, define “popular politician” / " unpopular politician." Does the fact that the media constantly shoves all these yahoos in our faces make these political figures popular? Unpopular? It’s all corrupt and I hate every mention of ANY politician’s names, while some people choose politicians to cheer for like it’s a fekkin sports team.
did I really learn about an assassination attempt thru lemmy
Same, felt weird.
Beyond that, I learned about it via a particularly cold meme.
There was a time when America could reliably produce assassins who could kill both presidential candidates and even sitting presidents. What the he’ll happened? Deindustralization? Too much porn and video games?
Radicalization of ideologies is my bet. Radicals on both sides scream that the other side is evil which creates something broken in the easily influenced. Hell there’s even some radicals that believe that Trump needed to be killed to stop him. And thanks to this person, Trumps side is only bolstered.
I’m sure the next thing we will see is finger pointing. However whoever is going to read this and wants to hear some wisdom from a fellow random internet stranger; let this guy stand alone. Do not blame the other side or accuse them of wild theories or accusations. If you do go radical, the situation is only going to get worse
I think people are placing too much on this. Being registered is just sending a piece of mail with a checkbox checked, I think. You don’t even have to donate or anything. I registered as a Republican to vote in their primaries a long time ago, and I have literally never voted for a Republican candidate for any office.
Your guess is as good as mine. Fear, anger, self-righteousness, ego, self-esteem, etc… I don’t think there is a one good answer to that question
The people mad at Nazis are really shrill, just like the Nazis. So they must be equally wrong. Right?
And yes we really are dealing with fascists at the moment, please be serious instead of grasping for some ‘juuust becaaause’ excuse as to why someone would make the comparison. They are comparable. That’s why. The Idiot has openly opined about being a dictator (just a little! just the tip!) after instigating a failed coup that saw every elected member of the federal government besides him cowering in a basement because an angry mob stormed the goddamn capitol. That’s not counting the other coup d’etat efforts, like extorting allies for foreign interference, secretly calling governors to just make up numbers, or indeed sending fake electors to make up the numbers himself. The GOP’s publicly-stated policy goals include criminalizing queer identities, banning birth control, and seeking revenge on anyone who’s not personally loyal to dear leader. I don’t give a shit if you might think they wouldn’t succeed in these efforts. The fact they want that, and are openly talking about trying to do it, is what makes them fascists.
I think you’ll see plenty of attempts after this, some inspired by it and others in retaliation. Fun times for the US
Secret service will step up their security after this, so another attempt as close as this is unlikely
Failed attempts are enough to escalate things. And with enough attempts, some especially against smaller targets might succeed. It’s gonna get intetesting
I’m pretty sure Secret Service is well aware of this, so they will escalate their security accordingly.
You are all talking about Abe’s assassination, but forgetting this happened
That act weakened the Japanese Socialist party (center-left), emboldened the far-right, caused copycats and ensured the current party stayed in power for most of the twentieth century.
That’s not to say that Asanuma was a scummy maoist and had forced his party to support the terrible war in Asia.
