• AnomalousBit@programming.dev
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    4 months ago

    You may not care, but an unfortunate number of people think everyone is in box A or box B and only want to see this through the lens of identity politics.

    If Trump’s history serves any precedent, it also kind of shits on his ceaseless narrative of blaming liberals / migrants / LGBT people for all the world’s problems if it was a republican who perpetrated the attack. Leopards would never eat his face, right?

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      4 months ago

      You’re completely right, and I won’t be at all surprised if the violent nutjob is as much a bigot and xenophobe who thought Trump wasn’t Nazi enough to be trusted.

      I’m just pointing out that his party registration isn’t necessarily an indication of his personal beliefs. Maybe he’s a psychotic centrist who wants a more moderate Republican candidate, or he’s a delusional progressive who thought the world would be better without Trump in it. Maybe he was a rape victim seeking vengeance, or a failed applicant from The Apprentice.

      We don’t know why he tried to kill former President Trump. There are a lot of possibilities, and his party affiliation may or may not be relevant.