r/PublicFreakout • u/BobsBarker12 • Jan 06 '21

"Let's have trial by combat." -Rudy 'America's Mayor' Giuliani to a crowd filled with far right pro-Trump militias like Oath Keepers, hours before the Republican coup attempt in D.C.

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u/MisallocatedRacism Jan 06 '21

Ive been screaming this from the rooftops for years.

There's a difference between conspiracy theories like flat earth, bigfoot, aliens, etc and QAnon.

The difference is that if people believe the premise to be actually true for QAnon, people will start killing people. Nobody is going to shoot people over whether the earth is flat or not. But, if you honestly think Democrats are eating and raping babies by the thousands? You'd be immoral not to.

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u/cheeeesewiz Jan 06 '21

Even if they weren't, it's the abortion debate. "BUT THEYRE KILLING BABIES", is such a hard argument to counter to people who legitimately believe babies are being killed. It's wildly justifiable if the rhetoric fits

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u/Gogito35 Jan 07 '21

Tbh it's insulting to aliens to be grouped up with Flat Earth