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35. I'm sorry but I don't believe this is a both sides thing

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 10:47 PM

Sep 2025

And we do have to point fingers because they are pointing fingers at us and putting our lives in jeopardy.

The violence comes from people who are either formerly or currently on the right. The ones who were formerly on the right are not necessarily on the left just because they're having a temporary breakup or whatever the case may be.

"Left-wingers" protest or write strongly worded letters.

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I'm just now coming around to this. [View all] bigtree Sep 2025 OP

Angry white MAGA males are hunting down Americans. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #1

I went looking for that and found that it's becoming a back and forth thing bigtree Sep 2025 #4

I cannot and will not give angry white MAGA males a pass. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #6

okay, no one here is actually doing that bigtree Sep 2025 #10

This all feels like man splaining to me. ananda Sep 2025 #15

jesus that's vile bigtree Sep 2025 #18

This is what makes his lecturing us all the more perplexing. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #44

You made a post with a quote from Kelly about "Not Pointing Fingers" at the perps. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #43

And yes, I'm right there beside you! ananda Sep 2025 #14

Have you noticed? Does not matter where, but we can't talk about angry white males, niyad Sep 2025 #31

everyone can see that NO ONE here said don't talk about white males bigtree Sep 2025 #32

I did not say any of those things, so kindly address your remarks to niyad Sep 2025 #33

is it, now? bigtree Sep 2025 #36

I know. ananda Sep 2025 #34

If women, POC, LGBT were the shooters they would be eliminated. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #45

Right there with you! niyad Sep 2025 #30

How about "you first" to maga. Klarkashton Sep 2025 #2

how about us first? bigtree Sep 2025 #7

I don't think so. Klarkashton Sep 2025 #8

which murders? bigtree Sep 2025 #21

But is the violence coming from the left? intheflow Sep 2025 #46

no question that EXTREMIST violence has shifted far to the right over the last 40 years bigtree Sep 2025 #47

To change behavior, multigraincracker Sep 2025 #17

It's hard to find any good behavior in one particular 79 year old. Gimpyknee Sep 2025 #40

We have been doing that for what? 45 years? Eko Sep 2025 #25

I think that incitement is an important element bigtree Sep 2025 #27

Ari Schaffer may have espoused the best action to take. Gimpyknee Sep 2025 #41

More than anything, to me, it is a Relief to my mind, that it was not one of us. Nictuku Sep 2025 #3

same bigtree Sep 2025 #9

We will not hear jack shit from law enforcement gab13by13 Sep 2025 #16

Yes, you are so very right. I would say this about most mass shooters. Srkdqltr Sep 2025 #5

To write it off as "just evil" makes it sound like Satan made him do it, and that the answer Gaugamela Sep 2025 #11

Kelly is intimately familiar with gun violence bigtree Sep 2025 #12

I've found that 95% of religions are authoritarian. multigraincracker Sep 2025 #23

I do prefer when we yelled about mental healthcare and guns. Silent Type Sep 2025 #13

But that was when we thought it mattered. ananda Sep 2025 #19

what about the ones that aren't white maga? bigtree Sep 2025 #24

Back to the when they go low we go high BS. Autumn Sep 2025 #20

With respect to Kelly and Gifford and their experience, this is not the way. You can't solve a problem you can't or Iris Sep 2025 #22

should we name the motives of folks who are perpetrating violence who aren't maga bigtree Sep 2025 #26

This is a societal problem that needs to be addressed holistically and not just as crime and punishment scenario Iris Sep 2025 #28

actually he labled the act as evil bigtree Sep 2025 #29

The act is certanly evil... ananda Sep 2025 #37

I agree and incitement to violence should continue to be called out. bigtree Sep 2025 #39

I'm sorry but I don't believe this is a both sides thing ecstatic Sep 2025 #35

there is a good deal of political violence that isn't coming from the rw bigtree Sep 2025 #38

Have you noticed that every time trump is in office Keepthesoulalive Sep 2025 #42