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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 91 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"if we are not allowed to blatantly commit crimes then we'll try to kill all of you"

Gotta love a good Republican

[–] spider@lemmy.nz 20 points 1 year ago

"Because no one's above the law...except us."

[–] matchphoenix@feddit.uk 80 points 1 year ago

Glad they checked in with Nostradumbass

[–] Mammal@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dedication to a Trump-inspired civil war will only last as long as the batteries on their mobility scooters.

[–] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] bendeboy@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Damn that's good shit.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 16 points 1 year ago

Or until they run out of S'mores Schnapps

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool. Do it or shut up. Y'all threaten a civil war every time the waiter forgets your ranch.

[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

What she really means is "there will some extra mass shootings on top of the mass shootings we were going to do anyway" but calling it a "civil war" instead gets proud Republicans throbbing.

Which is weird, since they're functionally identical to the people who lost the last one.

[–] halfempty@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sarah Palin and her allies have been wanting a civil war all along. There won't be one, but her kind of language will give license for extremist militia groups to do acts of terrorist violence.

[–] Travalanche@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the American version of the Taliban isn't far off now.

[–] PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Y'allqaeda is coming, and it's going to be horrible.

[–] TheJims@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She’s still vying for the dumbest republican spot, sad

[–] cedarmesa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] cowfodder@unilem.org 26 points 1 year ago

And she's an expert! After all, she can watch Russia's invasion of Ukraine from her front porch!

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Understood. This time we won't stop until we reach the coasts.

Conservatism is a plague in dire need of a cure.

[–] CapgrasDelusion@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Over Donald Trump? These people know they worship Donald Trump?

If only this cult was more Jonestown and less Scientology.

[–] orclev@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Eh, the GOP is more Scientology, they know exactly the game they're playing and how to manipulate their marks. The MAGAts are closer to like Westboro Baptist Church. They don't really have a clue what they're doing, but they've seen others be successful and they're trying the same grift but with none of the subtlety that gives the GOP a veneer of respectability.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I forgot this idiot existed. I hope I forget again soon.

[–] laughingm0n@lemmyhub.com 8 points 1 year ago

She was one of the OG example precursors to people rising the power like Marjorie Taylor green

[–] VanillaGorilla@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait, I thought she died fighting the moon Nazis? Was that a movie?

[–] ohmyiv@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Iron Sky is a premium documentary, not just some movie.

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Wolfenstein II The New Collosus

Nazis on the moon? Fuck you, moon.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 14 points 1 year ago

Good to hear that absurdist comedian of Monty Python fame, Michael Palin, still is making solid jokes in his old age...

At least that's what I'll pretend to have read, in order to safe some sanity

[–] LeatherRebel@leminal.space 12 points 1 year ago

i wish the only version of sarah palin was lisa ann

[–] WorldWideLem@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Easy to say when you won't be the one fighting it.

[–] Blackout@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Lock her up!

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Lol, this vapid cunt is irrelevant.

[–] TwoGems@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We need a community called "NeverHappened"

[–] steebo_jack@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Good ole Sara Palin, the first MAGA...

[–] mrbubblesort@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Go on then, try it! Would absolutely love to see what happens when Ya'll Qaeda fucks around and finds out.

[–] droopy4096@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Right, thats where the line has been drawn. Lets not overwhelm penal system with privileged white jackasses, lets keep it for underprivileged to prevent them from getting ahead.

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It hasn’t reached me yet, is it only in AK right now?

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fucking bring it.

Jan 6 it all over again only dumber.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Jan 6 won't repeat. It was a wake up call for both sides about how serious the other side was.

Progressives that didn't realize the severity of the situation learned that MAGAers mean it when they say they want their political enemies dead. But don't think that the way it ended is reason to relax.

Trump cultists learned that there is a line they can cross that will bring deadly force down on them and that if they don't win, acts they thought of as anonymous in a crowd can still be prosecuted. It might mean that they won't cross those lines again. Or it might mean that if they do cross them, they might be prepared to go all the way. Or they might be dumb and just repeat the same thing, I guess I can't rule that out completely with the caliber of people involved. But it shouldn't be assumed that they aren't learning anything. And who knows, maybe Trump will be willing to go all the way with all the legal trouble he's in that he thought he could avoid by keeping his distance the last time.

[–] Nunar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Palan finally gets called out on how stupid she is!

[–] Davel23@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago
[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That is what Palin wants to happen.

[–] kingshrubb@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What happens if Trump wins in 2024 and then is sentenced to prison?

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

He can be president in prison. It's the old Air Bud approach - there's no rule that says a dog can't play football.

He can probably pardon himself for any federal crimes if he gets reelected.

Getting a pardon for Georgia state crimes would be very difficult though.