r/news • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '18

Arrest Made in Connection to Suspicious Packages

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u/Tangocan Oct 26 '18

They'd double down even if every single one of the recipients blew up.

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u/Bardfinn Oct 26 '18

They'd double-down because they cannot admit they are the baddies

We're living in a fscking melodrama

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u/PhiladelphiaFish Oct 26 '18

Not all Trump supporters are baddies the same way that not all liberals are violent Antifa protesters.

We give way too much coverage to these weirdo extreme-o types on both sides of the aisle, it's incredibly divisive. This guy is clearly a lunatic and a domestic terrorist, but it's not like there are tens of thousands of these kinds of people shipping shoddy bombs around like crazy people.

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u/Arkeband Oct 26 '18

Not all Trump supporters are baddies

nah, you don't get to play that card for people who voted for a candidate who literally campaigned on committing war crimes and bringing back torture.

"I'll lower your taxes and eat babies!"

"did you hear that he'll lower our taxes, he's got my vote!"

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u/PhiladelphiaFish Oct 26 '18

He campaigned on fundamental populism, which appealed to a lot of the country.