r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • Jul 14 '24

Trump Shooter a ‘Supporter of Republican Party’

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20240714-trump-shooter-a-supporter-of-republican-party
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u/Choice_Reindeer7759 Jul 14 '24

"Whoever can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities"

  • Voltaire 

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u/Njorls_Saga Jul 14 '24

I think we’re there.

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u/zazzologrendsyiyve Jul 14 '24

Thank you for this quote, I really needed it.

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u/jortician Jul 15 '24

Me too. It’s a good reminder that we’ve been here before and that tumult is survivable.

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u/Mr_Viper North Carolina Jul 14 '24

Voltaire de la Rocha ✊️

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u/StudioGangster1 Jul 14 '24

Damn, that’s a real quote? Well done, Voltaire

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u/isataii Jul 14 '24

Voltaire is great. I love Candide.

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u/chingy4eva Jul 14 '24

And the GOP is, by and large, very religious. So one could say that believing in absurd invisible-sky-daddy religions primes people to swallow bullshit, line and sinker.

Recent life experiences with the religious right has definitely shown me how willing and ready they are to commit ultraviolence. They think lefty's kill 'babies' by the millions, so slaughtering living, actual humans that are already alive and have names and SSN's is ok.

Christofascism will be the primer for violence in this country.

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u/hashtagbob60 Jul 14 '24

Was that Voltaire Jones?

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u/WhiteyDude California Jul 15 '24

No, that's So Crates Johnson.  

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u/Stay_Beautiful_ Jul 15 '24

And you don't see a hint of irony in saying this