• Garbanzo@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Not to diminish the seriousness of Trump’s rhetoric, but threatening to use the military against citizens is one of the few issues that is actually a ‘both sides’ problem.

    And, by the way, if they want to think they — it’s to take on government if we get out of line, which they’re talking again about — well, guess what?  They need F-15s.  They don’t need a rifle.

    I don’t usually agree with my Trump culty neighbor’s FJB flag, but it’s not unlike a broken clock.

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      1 month ago

      Nobody is threatening to use F-15s. It’s a rhetorical device meant to show how stupid stockpiling rifles “in case of tyranny” is in the modern age.

      Trump is actively saying he wants to use the military against the people.

      The difference is so wide there a “yo momma” joke could fit between them.

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        1 month ago

        No, Biden didn’t threaten to use F-15s, he just said that if you want to resist his hit squads you’ll have to do better than Bryan Malinowski.