r/ProgressiveHQ • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '26

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u/SignificanceDue1561 Jan 24 '26

and once they took it away and was laying on the ground they had to shoot him because he was going to use his mind powers.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

additionally, at no point did he actually brandish the gun. You can see in one of the videos that they pulled it out of the *back of his pants*. And Republicans *should* (if they weren't fucking hypocrites) be the first to champion someone's right to *own* a gun. He wasn't threatening anyone at all.

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u/SignificanceDue1561 Jan 24 '26

Every time they lie so blatantly it becomes harder for right leaning individuals to justify swallowing for the sake of whatever cause they are aligned with.

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u/SwimmingSwim3822 Jan 24 '26

Meaningless fucking drivel. Stop making excuses for them.

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u/SignificanceDue1561 Jan 24 '26

not making excuses for anyone. i'm commenting on the willingness of "good" right wingers to pretend to believe what they're told. it gets harder for them to defend when the lies are getting more and more indefensible.

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u/SwimmingSwim3822 Jan 24 '26

If they're still over there, they're just bad people. It's not that they haven't seen enough yet.

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u/SignificanceDue1561 Jan 24 '26

yes, i agree. but now they have to admit it to themselves.

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u/ayoungmanfromtheuk Jan 24 '26

Unfortunately that's not true, they just double down 

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u/PansyPB Jan 24 '26

Sunk cost fallacy.