• Dionysus@leminal.space
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    20 hours ago

    OTOH a massacre would likely destroy Republican legitimacy among a chunk of their supporters

    I think you over estimate the humanity of many of their supporters.

    Fox and friends would cover it like a massive terror of burning the city.

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      18 hours ago

      Agreed; if the State Regime Media was able to cover up the terrorism of J6 and paint the terrorists as the victims that needed a pardon from the felon-in-chief, AND have most of their audience feel that “cities burned to the ground” during BLM protests (and one of their more idiotic viewers - Taco - seems to think that Portland is still burning, FFS), then there is a sizable chunk of this country that will believe all kinds of obvious bullshit.

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      We dont need to flip most of their supporters to change things radically. Flipping 1 in 10 would do it

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        Absolutely correct. More people need to understand what flipping just 10% on the end of the spectrum would do

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          Last time I ran the numbers in 2024 it would take more than 10% to get the 17 Senate seats needed to impeach. While that may have changed I still feel folks over estimate the impact of something like this on that voting population with the propaganda engine in place.