More effects of right wing rhetoric

[billvon 2,395]

We've seen the violent outcomes of all the inflammatory right wing rhetoric in recent months and years.  The shooting at the pizza place to stop Hillary Clinton's "satanic child sex ring."  The Jan 6th insurrection and attempted kidnappings.  The attempted kidnapping of governor Whitmer. The attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband. The 2022 white supremacist killing of ten black men in Buffalo.  Ricky Shiffer's attack on the FBI for their searching of Trump's home.  Solomon Pena, a republican politician who paid hit men to try to kill democrats after he lost his election.  The endless promises by Q and others that violence was just around the corner, and that SHTF any day now - and Trump telling those people to "stand by."

Former FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi put it well when he said that the incendiary rhetoric and targeting of democrats is the same "dangerous mix that we see in violent Islamic jihad.  Are we headed toward a kind of jihad in a culture war where only one side can be righteous and the other side is the infidel? That's where I see this going."

There's another sort of violence that right wing talking heads don't often think about - self-harm and suicide by people who become so depressed by the right wing mantra that the world is ending under Biden that they take their own lives.  A family in Pennsylvania recently did just that.  They had been rabid Trump supporters, and just dropped off the map after he lost the election.  One friend of theirs described them this way: "They were just so hell-bent on Trump winning, like this could be in the end if he doesn’t."  

A few weeks ago they decided to make it the end.  Two parents and their daughter shot and killed themselves in a suicide pact.

So the next time conservatives think about posting something about how Biden is conspiring with China and North Korea to sell the babies of republicans into sex slavery (or whatever the latest far right nonsense is) I hope they keep in mind that their words can - and do - have a pretty horrible effect on others, including other conservatives.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-found-dead-pennsylvania-made-joint-decision-kill-police-say-rcna69060

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-fbi-official-warns-of-right-wing-violence-akin-to-violent-islamic-jihad/ar-AA16VcOR

[SkyDekker 1,121]

37 minutes ago, billvon said:

Former FBI assistant director Frank Figliuzzi put it well when he said that the incendiary rhetoric and targeting of democrats is the same "dangerous mix that we see in violent Islamic jihad.  Are we headed toward a kind of jihad in a culture war where only one side can be righteous and the other side is the infidel? That's where I see this going."

Considering how right wing Twitter is lighting up because of the Grammy's, this is exactly where things are heading.

[airdvr 197]

2 hours ago, billvon said:

There's another sort of violence that right wing talking heads don't often think about - self-harm and suicide by people who become so depressed by the right wing mantra that the world is ending under Biden that they take their own lives.  A family in Pennsylvania recently did just that.  They had been rabid Trump supporters, and just dropped off the map after he lost the election.  One friend of theirs described them this way: "They were just so hell-bent on Trump winning, like this could be in the end if he doesn’t."  

A few weeks ago they decided to make it the end.  Two parents and their daughter shot and killed themselves in a suicide pact.

These freaks were ultra right Christians.  God gets the blame on this one.

[billvon 2,395]

10 minutes ago, airdvr said:

These freaks were ultra right Christians.  God gets the blame on this one.

For fervent Christians, isn't God responsible for _everything?_

[BIGUN 1,051]

4 hours ago, billvon said:

I hope they keep in mind that their words can - and do - have a pretty horrible effect on others, including other conservatives.

Amen

EDIT: Today is Ronald Reagan's birthday. Started out as a Democrat, changed parties and to me was a good blend of Moderate. While Governor of California, he signed the then strictest gun law in the nation. 

Edited February 7, 2023 by BIGUN

[grimmie 173]

Well, you can’t having those legally armed black folks showing up.

https://www.salon.com/2022/06/08/when-ronald-reagans-saved-lives-armed-black-men-meant-immediate-control_partner/

[grimmie 173]

My wife has a cousin that used to be an awesome guy. He owns some car dealerships and is well spoken.

He went full Trump-QAnon. It’s so bad that a few in his immediate family are really worried. His girlfriend is all in with him. 
 

Everyday on his Twitter and FB feed is full of Trump is returning to power soon. Flynn is running the Army. Rudy has the goods on Biden.

 

He sends family emails full of prepper bullshit. Biden is turning off the power and internet soon.

 

He wanted people to send Christmas cards to the rioters in jail over Jan. 6.

He was there that day with his lady. He didn’t enter the Capitol, but did get an FBI visit at his dealership.

 

it has been sad to watch. I’m not sure it will end well.

[JoeWeber 2,297]

2 hours ago, airdvr said:

These freaks were ultra right Christians.  God gets the blame on this one.

Bull Fucking Shit. It's an amalgam born of the twinned needs of Christianity and modern Conservative political beliefs. When you pretend it's not true we who see things clearly just chuckle.

[airdvr 197]

5 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

Bull Fucking Shit. It's an amalgam born of the twinned needs of Christianity and modern Conservative political beliefs. When you pretend it's not true we who see things clearly just chuckle.

Not so fast.  If your premise is true we'll soon be rid of most alt-right Christians.

 

[jakee 1,254]

6 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

Bull Fucking Shit. It's an amalgam born of the twinned needs of Christianity and modern Conservative political beliefs. 

I thought he was joking. Where’s your sense of humour?