Quinneapolis
if you open this plurk you'll have no choice but to see the political cartoon that's filling my brain this morning
Quinneapolis
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i have so many questions
Lightning Bolt
are-are we supposed to side with the tree
Quinneapolis
I don't KNOW
Quinneapolis
I think I do though, like, I LOVE blood and don't want anything trump has to give me
Quinneapolis
here's a fun extra fact that... does something, to this image
Quinneapolis
a conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter was once suggested as an explanation for the appearance of the Star of Bethlehem
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
the one branch at the top shaped like a rifle is fucking with me the most right now
Quinneapolis
there's so much here that's so completely insane that I don't even know where to BEGIN unpacking the suitcase
Echo
I'm with the tree on this one.
Doge-lover Joja
not gonna lie, Jupiter and Saturn kinda look like they're projecting trump's hologram at first glance
ᴍᴏʙ.
I’m pretty sure this is telling trump to use military force to stay in the White House!
𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
im obsessed with the branch shaped like a rifle that's pointing at saturn and jupiter
ᴍᴏʙ.
The tree of liberty refers to the very popular right wind militia Thomas Jefferson quote
ᴍᴏʙ.
It’s saying that trump is trying to give his supporters gifts like vetoes and pardons and stuff when it’s time for armed conflict
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It’s pretty alarming!
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*right wing militia sorry autocorrect
Quinneapolis
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
Quinneapolis
oh boy
Princess Emily
ben garrison is far-right and his works are beloved by the alt-right so
Princess Emily
this seems legit
⏏️ndrusi
I for one would be a-ok with using trump's blood to refresh the tree of liberty
⏏️ndrusi
can we use all of it
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yeah. the quote is very popular with right wing militia members and timothy mcveigh wore a shirt with that quote on it when he did the oklahoma city bombing iirc
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it means to them like 'its time to go to war and kill tyrants / die as patriots'
Quinneapolis
for some reason I was trying to place it between "trump supporters" and "people left of trump"
Quinneapolis
not "people right of trump"
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yeah no i think its like. if i believe democrats are really stealing this country shouldn't you do something more dramatic to stop them?
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scary stuff
Quinneapolis
that logic does make a certain amount of sense in that it comes to the correct conclusion that trump does not care about the ideals of the far right
Quinneapolis
blood in the streets does not make him money
kamikasei
It's, uh, funny, in that they're looking at a president who refuses to admit he lost an election using his remaining powers to sabotage the functioning of government during a crisis and pardon war criminals and cronies who've helped him try to cheat to gain and keep power
kamikasei
And their response to this is that he's not doing enough to fight tyranny
kamikasei
You know, tyranny, that thing that some other people are doing, over there, that he's definitely fighting
Quinneapolis
what's Trump even doing right now? I haven't heard about him trying to destroy democracy in like a week
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you didnt hear about him blowing up covid relief?
Quinneapolis
oh right all that stuff
Quinneapolis
I thought Congress was trying to stop thet covid relief more than trump but I could be wrong
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nah not really
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there was a deal, it wasn't great but it included a lot of important things besides the stimulus checks like food stamps and unemployment benefits. trump at the 11th hour said he wouldn't sign bc he wanted the checks bigger but has made no effort to actually get the deal done
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republicans wont agree to make the checks bigger and it doesnt seem like trump really cares about them being bigger he just blew up the deal and left town
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i know everyone was mad that the checks were only $600 and me too but
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continuing eviction protections, unemployment benefits, and food stamp expansions that are about to expire is the bigger deal the checks are just whats being argued about bc its more visible