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[soc_puppet]

Trump shooting latest: 'Shooter and audience member dead' - as bloodied Trump tells supporters to 'fight' after suspected assassination attempt

Why this is bad by lady-raziel:

like i'm gonna be real-- this is not good. they can now frame the left as the violent and dangerous people that they've wanted to all this time. they can now actually claim to be the victims that they've been saying they are this whole time. they can use this as a mandate to crack down on everyone who opposes them. with biden already in freefall this is the galvanizing thing that will make those who were unsure about aligning with the democrats the motivation to swing to the republicans in droves. it will give the already united republicans the "moral" authority to condemn not only the elected officials in the democratic party but characterize the entire progressive movement as violent anarchists based on social media reactions. if we were cooked before, we've just entered the flash fryer.

(Honestly, all of that is why a small, cynical part of me is wondering if this wasn't actually staged by Trump supporters, and the miss was supposed to be by a slightly wider margin. I don't think I'm quite that prepared to be a conspiracy theorist about it yet, though. Much more likely that the shooter was actually aiming to do more damage.)

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I mean, in addition to not being surprised if it turns out it was staged by a huge team and with Trump's full consent and knowledge, I also wouldn't be entirely surprised if a lone MAGA gunman decided that staging something like this would be the best way to get Trump elected and went for it without telling anyone. But a genuine assassination attempt just seems so much more likely right now, so I'm trying not to give the conspiracy theory thoughts the time of day. I'll stop after this post, I swear.