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Bettie

(19,352 posts)
1. They were probably hoping he'd die
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:58 PM
6 hrs ago

so that they could add another murder to their body count. Wouldn't be surprised if they have a contest or something.

Maybe at the end of the year, the guy who has killed the most people gets dinner with Krusty.

Klarkashton

(4,817 posts)
2. The proud boys used to do this back in the day.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 07:03 PM
6 hrs ago

Same shit. Gang beatdowns and then the bear spray.
Coward motherfuckers.

iemanja

(57,506 posts)
6. No, they say that they have "absolute immunity"
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 07:42 PM
5 hrs ago

So they think they can get away with anything. So far they have.

mr715

(2,937 posts)
7. No, they take no position whatsoever.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 08:04 PM
5 hrs ago

They won't whip.

Actually -- they'll take multiple positions simultaneously.

iemanja

(57,506 posts)
8. I think we're taking past each other
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 08:07 PM
5 hrs ago

I read the post to mean the leaders of the country, not the party.

dickthegrouch

(4,337 posts)
9. If the situation were reversed, that spray would be described as a weapon
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 08:36 PM
4 hrs ago

Weapons are disbursed to agents.
Follow the disbursement records to charge the appropriate agent with assault.

(I've been an auditor, following all chains of evidence to their source has been a particular skill of mine. Legal chain of custody is a parallel concept IMHO.)

chowmama

(1,019 posts)
12. They were never in control.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 09:23 PM
3 hrs ago

I believe they were promised that they could act exactly like this. If they didn't think this was exactly what they were going to be allowed to do, they wouldn't have signed up.

This is their revenge for our expecting them to get off their asses, grow up, and act like human beings. They wanted all the entitlement and respect, with none of the having to earn any of it. We didn't give it to them. We have to pay.

And when the bills come due, they're sure Trump and company will go to the wall for them. They're that stupid. They were sent here to Minneapolis without even a thought given to how they would be housed and fed. Not so much as a fucking sandwich. But Trump will really step up, sure he will, any time they need the help. Yep, yep, yep.

They're going to be very surprised at how this ends. They're going to deserve every bit of it. I wish I thought Trump would get the same, but he'll be so out of it by then that we'll probably just put him in a really secure home. Stephen Miller, on the other hand...I hope we have plans to grab his pasty white ass before he gets to whatever sanctuary he has planned out. Probably Argentina; they have a history with sheltering Nazis.

Attilatheblond

(8,392 posts)
13. Just where the hell are the gun-humpin loud mouths who were gonna protect America from the government goons
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 09:27 PM
3 hrs ago

when Clinton and Obama were in office?

slightlv

(7,493 posts)
14. They were the same ones screaming and crying last year
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 09:47 PM
3 hrs ago

to trump about not being able to go liberal hunting with their shotguns. They wanted to know when they could start the shooting, remember? So... here we are this year. Next year, maybe we'll turn the hunt around on them.

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