The Fauci hate from Trumpets is absolutely bizarre. Trump hired Fauci for his Corona virus task force. Trump could have fired him at any time.
Sacrificial scapegoats are foundational for fascist leaders.
Yes, but Fauci dared to use his expertise to tell trump he was wrong, instead of just doing everything trump told him to do.
That's what's hilarious and also scary about this whole thing. Trump, wanting to score easy points and get a quick win, read a sign about hospital cleaning procedures and stepped up to a podium and basically said "we're looking into things with bleach and injecting light to cure the disease."
And Fauci, doing his job, was like "please be safe, socially distance, and wear masks while we work to get a safe and effective vaccine."
And people lost their fucking minds.
So let me get this straight, a lady in Texas upsets an insurance company and gets arrested for threats. Someone makes, hangs, then posts this and it's fine?
"threats"
the word threat is just used to hammer people you dont like now.
the texas lady was "threatening"
Apples to Tomatoes, but I lost my reddit account permanently because I said "If Trump was to do something insane, like start aiding Russia, thats how you end up with a dead president" and some snowflake took exception to that, and said I was making threats against his idol.
You don't need to be a Christian to question the mental stability of someone who decorates their home with lynched effigies of people they hate.
But saying 3 little words to a random call center agent is considered terrorism? Fuck our legal system.
It was the 2 words that came after those 3 that got her into trouble.
So I'm confused, is saying you want the elite to die something the right-wing talking heads are in favour of, or is it beyond the pale? Because they've gotten awfully inconsistent about this one in the past few weeks.
Only certain members
Isn't there a hotline we can call now to report stuff like this?
You referring to Luigi? I thought even republicans were supporting him. (Voters anyway.)
The tweet in question came from a (former?) US Republican congressman. Derrick Evans. He was also there on Jan 6 if a cursory Internet search is to be believed.
It's barbaric for sure, but isn't that Christian behavior? For starters, they decorate their rooms with a replica of the mangled corpse of their savior. Same with any cross symbolism, really.
That's Catholics. Christians use an empty cross to signify the resurrection. Either way, both use the symbol of Jesus crucifixion because according to the Bible, the crucifixion was the sacrifice Jesus made to provide forgiveness for a humanity that didn't deserve it, the very definition of grace. Unfortunately the actual message appears to be completely lost on a lot of people these days.
I was checking out at the grocery store the other day when the cashier wished me a Merry Christmas. I replied with, “happy holidays!“
She was visibly upset.
It’s beyond me why some people are like this.
How is this not a threat? How is this not an act of violence?
How is it not terrorism?
Effigies are protected speech.
Kinda like when Kathy Griffith did a photoshoot with Trump's head.
Or when I wear a shirt with Mario's brother on it to the contact negotiations.
It's just a joke! /s
is this a threat to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism?
The best part is how the person would have gone to so much effort, organization, time and headaches to find those little dolls that look like the politicians they wanted ..... if they couldn't find them, they probably had them custom made ..... all to hang on their tree like this and post it online.
It was probably sold that way as a set by some grifter somewhere
Was googling to find if there was a set for sale.
Instead I found this
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-candidate-faces-backlash-sharing-174047320.html
“Not my tree. Not my ornaments.”
What a stupid asshole. At least they advertise who they are so others know to avoid them.
Somebody get this man his own hotline!
Damn, my inlaws wanted xmas photos of all the family holding guns. They did this before. Even at the time i thought, “i dont think this conveys good will towards man” as well as you may think. I just wore my anarchy raccoon shirt :)
Murder is only bad when its done to a CEO
This is what mental illness looks like.
It honestly seems like the sort of thing the MAGAts would try to turn into a new american tradition, the lynching in effigy of whoever they declare enemies of the state.
It's just like my Christmas tree except all the ornaments are billionaires and CEOs
Are they threatening to lynch these people? It's so fucked.
Will they be leaving out milk and cookies for when the secret service visits?
Happy holidays? Inclusive of multiple beliefs.
Merry Christmas? Well, Christ is right there.
Invoking the yule cat? Ominous, but not overly threatening assuming you receive some new clothes.
Invoking the yule lads? Well, that is a bit worse. Better keep a yule log burning through the night.
