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    • Red_October [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Leftist politicians (and sometimes liberals like those senators) get taken out all the time. They fear this for the same reasons as Luigi. Potentially leftist political violence reverses the target from the exploited to the exploiter.

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      Because they’re online like everyone else so somehow, parasocially, they think this is somehow closer to home.

      Also I think a lot of the time they know that most of the violence is directed at the left so they chalk up the other incidents as “friendly fire.” Oops, while Q pilling American meemaws we accidentally caused some low-tier right winger to get shot. I always think of that time some mob guy got greased by some middle aged loser who thought he was part of pizza gate. Something like that.

      This time I think they might be scared it’s their own base gunning for them, maybe over Epstein, or it actually factually is terrorism from the left which despite their crying of wolf they have never actually faced. I think they’re a bit shocked at the implications and they’re trying their old playbook but their palpable unease says they think something is on the wind.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]@hexbear.net
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        Yeah, Luigi (who, I might add, is innocent.) was close enough to actual left wing terror that they pissed themselves when he proved popular. Any sort of regular stochastic or organised violence from the left would be devastating for them. They won’t be able to contain it like they did the Weathermen, they don’t have the state capacity anymore for COINTELPRO tactics.