Republican lawmakers called for a statue of slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk to be installed in the U.S. Capitol following his murder.In a draft letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) blamed "hateful rhetoric from the left" for the killing."To honor this legacy, we ca...
  • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’ve heard some say “it’s better for someone to get into politics and disagree with me than to be apathetic”

    • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      On shit like tax burden and foreign policy not on who counts as a human being.

        • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 days ago

          By letting horrible bigots have power, by not having actual protections against bad-faith actors, by tolerating hateful rhetoric despite the obvious cost to society.

        • shani66@ani.socialEnglish
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          2 days ago

          We never finished the job. The civil war? We didn’t finish the reconstruction, we let those bigots keep their power. The Nazis? We hired those monsters.