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jigokubi t1_iujo65y wrote

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Agreed. The average Republican is appalled by this event. But the message of people like Trump speaks straight to unstable people like this, or the goons that wanted to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, or—how much time have you got, it's a long list.

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ButtMilkyCereal t1_iujq7h7 wrote

Bullshit. This is what the average republican wants, as evidenced that they keep voting for lunatics through the primaries and then into office. They won't hold themselves accountable, and are egging themselves into a civil war.

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jigokubi t1_iujsajl wrote

>they keep voting for lunatics through the primaries and then into office

This is the core of the problem.

This is why I get so irritated when the only response people have to Jan 6th is "But, BLM looting!"

They never own up to what voting for Donald Trump lead to. Instead they make the false assertion that Democrats support violent protests.

I stand by my assertion that the average Republican doesn't like this. The problem is they keep voting Republican even when party has been taken over by lunatics.

To be fair, the party was already a terrible choice to begin with. There's a reason why Trump was appealing to Republican voters.

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ButtMilkyCereal t1_iujvw0d wrote

To repeat a phrase, it's a distinction without a difference. It doesn't matter if they're actually terrible people themselves, or just supporting terrible people while they do terrible things to the rest of us.

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CrashB111 t1_iuk9ep7 wrote

If they keep voting for the inmates to run the asylum, they support it. Full stop. Tacit approval is approval nonetheless.

You can't vote for insanity, then just wring your hands afterwards and claim, "But I HAAAD to do it! The other option was a Democrat!"

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fight_your_friends t1_iukaxsp wrote

> The average Republican is appalled by this event

As indicated by what, exactly? The fact that they've been spreading conspiracy theories about the situation and the motivation of the terrorist?

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