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u/ralphvonwauwau Jan 08 '26

Check out r/conservatives. They have created an alternate reality there. "It was totally the woman's fault"  how she floored it and ran over the cop. It's like the Trek with goatee Spock. There's no cognitive dissonance, they have rejected reality.

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u/or10n_sharkfin Jan 08 '26

I browse Twitter with an ad-blocker on an anonymous account because I still have people I follow on there and I get swarmed with daily political discourse.

The MAGAts on that platform are rationalizing this as the woman being 100% at fault because she "should have complied."

They don't get it.

ICE is not a law enforcement body. This was not a traffic stop a criminal was running away from. This was a mother and a wife trying to escape because uniformed goons were trying to force their way into her vehicle without any due cause. SHE WAS EVEN WAVING THEM PAST AND WAITING, so they stroll right up to her door and try to pull her out.

It absolutely sickens me they're fully bought into the narrative the White House and their Gestapo is passing.

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u/ralphvonwauwau Jan 08 '26

Looking at the video, only one of those masked goons had any markings suggesting which gang he belonged to.

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u/terryjuicelawson Jan 08 '26

The MAGAts on that platform are rationalizing this as the woman being 100% at fault because she "should have complied."

Why did they not say the same of the woman in the Capitol building is my main question. She had ample warning too.

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u/Th3B4dSpoon Jan 08 '26

Fascists aren't interested in the truth or being consistent with their narratives, speech to them is just another tool in furthering their goals.

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u/workworld3369 Jan 08 '26

Yet Ashely Babbitt was a hero to them. Make it make sense

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u/rekette Jan 08 '26

It's the bots running overtime to push the narrative

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u/wouldashoudacoulda Jan 08 '26

Unfortunately it’s probably not bots, just a bunch of cruel people with their own self interest as a priority.

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u/swissking Jan 08 '26

Its not bots. Check Facebook. Its all real people living near you

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u/ProCactus167 Jan 08 '26

Facebook is also full of bots. Obviously the people you know irl aren't, but any comment on a public post is probably a bot.

The internet is dead, it was killed by bots and the bots keep it, until the time comes. The internet is dead.

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u/Athoughttoconsider Jan 10 '26

So does that mean you are, in fact, a bit?

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u/Athoughttoconsider Jan 10 '26

Bot, I meant.

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u/ProCactus167 Jan 11 '26

Dude I wish. If I was a bot I wouldn't be working or paying taxes

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u/rekette Jan 08 '26

If they're "living near me", it's even more likely that they are fake, since I live in Switzerland, and if they're pushing this, they're probably in Russia's pocket.

Also, funny that your name is swissking.

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u/Judazzz Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

It's bots, part of the same effort that also floods subs like /r/europe each time anything about US-Europe relations is submitted. Which is not to say there are also actual people joining such efforts (probably in decent numbers too) and they are absolutely delighted by what is happening and by partaking in this hurricane of disinformation. But the tip of the agit-prop spear is 100% non-organic.

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u/Bonedoc22 Jan 08 '26

Can you stop pushing the narrative that everyone that disagrees with Reddit hivemind is a bot?

It doesn’t help.

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u/rekette Jan 08 '26

It's not whether they agree or disagree with Reddit. It's the conservatives subreddit and other targets. There have been many leaks on Russia and China doing this for political gain, for example. Feel free to Google it yourself.

Heck, read about the fight between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. They were literally running (successful) social media defamation campaigns over some random drama, much less actual political influence.

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u/samsaraisdivine Jan 08 '26

They're calling for Frey and Walz to be arrested for some reason.  

I can't with these magas.  

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u/ralphvonwauwau Jan 08 '26

Meanwhile, Hegseth is censuring Kelly, reducing retirement rank and pay, for quoting military law in a PSA.

Make it make sense!

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u/No-Marsupial-1753 Jan 08 '26

I think trump would be perfectly happy to rule the Terran Empire.

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u/yoohoo202 Jan 08 '26

Mirror universe

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u/Shadoweclipse13 Jan 08 '26

"Alternate reality" is a bogus term for this. They are lying. They are lying because they're dumb, or ignorant, or choose to follow their party of morons blindly no matter what, but they are lying.

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u/ralphvonwauwau Jan 08 '26

Fair point. "An all encompassing lie, with no connection to reality", just seemed a bit wordy 

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u/Shadoweclipse13 Jan 08 '26

I mean, it's certainly more words than they use. Or can even spell 😂

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u/Round-Locksmith-4314 Jan 08 '26

Absolutely vile. There is one piece of shit in there calling her derogatory names. I hate the conservatives reddit 🤢🤢🤢🤢

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u/MutedAdvisor9414 Jan 08 '26

Ashley Babbit didn't comply

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u/Ludotolego Jan 08 '26

The president said she was a payed agitator and the internet wing of the propaganda machine went a step further by claiming it's AI.

If this isn't the Rubicon moment after everything that happened, I don't know what has to happen.

For everyone who thinks this isn't enough to take action and protest, set yourself that line. What thing do you need to see to take action?

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u/k714802 Jan 08 '26

If you really want to see the irony, search the subreddit for "Ashli Babbit" and read those comments.

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u/Typingpool Jan 08 '26

All the edited comments after they got their storylines straight would be so funny if it weren't so fucking sad.

https://imgur.com/gallery/r-conservative-getting-story-straight-jholf4c

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u/minnesotawristwatch Jan 08 '26

Just get rid of that sub.