• aramis87@fedia.io
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    22 hours ago

    Funny how when a liberal politician is shot, they’ve been “killed”, but when a conservative influencer is shot, it’s “assassination”.

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      Isn’t the word “assassinate” reserved for elected officials? Why tf is the media using this language for this jabroni who was a civilian?

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        No, monarchs and heirs can be assassinated as can appointed officials. It refers to all public figures killed for reasons relating to their being a public figure

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      Lmao it’s like “private healthcare” and “government-run healthcare”

      You fucks don’t get to mix both, either way public/private or say government-run/corporate-run healthcare

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        22 hours ago

        Most recently, that guy who shot four people in Minnesota (two politicians and their spouses), killing one couple and leaving the other pair wounded.

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          Saw the post below right after I said that. Totally forgot about it. News is kind of flooded with shit every day, it’s so hard to even remember major events like that.

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            And that’s EXACTLY what this regime is going for.

            Yes, regime. This is not a democratic administration.