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Chabot elementary in Oakland received racist and threatening emails, forcing 50 students and staff to vacate the premises

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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jesus… these losers have nothing better to do than harass children’s events? Just let the kids have fun

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Agreed. It is so ridiculous.

[–] TheJims@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Christian Conservatives ushering in a new golden age of violent racist extremism.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All the while screaming about the radicalised left.

Projection much? 👀

[–] MinusPi@yiffit.net 8 points 1 year ago

With these kinds of people, every accusation is a confession.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is all conservatives are.

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

"We are all domestic terrorists"

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Don’t fall prey to othering.

There are plenty of conservatives who do not make bomb threats and find this kind of radicalism abhorrent. My parents, for example. I disagree with them on very many things, but they aren’t evil people. Misguided, certainly.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are plenty of conservatives who do not make bomb threats and find this kind of radicalism abhorrent.

They should speak up in contexts other than this, then.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should speak up in contexts other than this, then.

How often do you listen to conservative voices beyond those that are outrageous? Because the ones that make headlines which filter into our bubbles are outliers.

Gotta remember everyone is in a bubble. My sister, for example, is sometimes shocked that my views are more rational and reasoned than her conservative bubble’s view of left-leaning people, which is mostly based on shock headlines.

If your entire understanding of people different from you comes from headlines then you don’t have a good picture of who those people are. This applies to all groups of “people different from you.”

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

If your entire understanding of people different from you comes from headlines then you don’t have a good picture of who those people are.

Then they should speak up when it matters instead of whining that no one heard them not speaking up.

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Do you know what they call the guy who isn't a Nazi but voted for the party because he likes their domestic tax policy?

What the conservative party is and does is clear now. They're openly racist, fascist, and Christian nationalist. They gathered at CPAC under a banner that said "We Are All Domestic Terrorists". They regularly call for the murder of anyone who isn't a cishet white Christian, they're the leading source of domestic terrorism in the US, and they are constantly threatening a civil war. Anyone who still supports them at this point is knowingly complicit, no matter their stated reason.

[–] meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They don’t do the bomb threats themselves, but they’re certainly aligned with the terrorist interests and policy goals. They also “hold their noses” and vote conservative anyway.

They’re not evil; they just vote for, support the policies of, and are aligned with evil.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

They don’t do the bomb threats themselves, but they’re certainly aligned with the terrorist interests and policy goals. They also “hold their noses” and vote conservative anyway.

They’re not evil; they just vote for, support the policies of, and are aligned with evil.

So I assume that when James Hodgkinson shot up Republican congresspeople playing baseball you made sure to abandon any beliefs you had in common, right? And then when the next terrorist was right wing, you switched back? Seems silly, but since we don’t want the Thought Police to think we might share views with someone who commits heinous acts we all have to do that, right?

I mean, I don’t assume you’re evil, but we wouldn’t want to think you were aligned with evil, and what Hodgkinson did was certainly wrong.

[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Okay, what conservative-but-not-evil things do your parents believe?

I understand that a lot of people vote how they've always voted, but the Biden administration should be as right-wing as anybody needs to go.

Beyond that just lies shameless greed, gleeful abuse, prideful stupidity and seething bigotry. Each day it gets harder to forgive people who support that because what... They want slightly more neoliberalism?

[–] HedonismB0t@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Not every conservative but when it's domestic terrorism, it's a conservative.

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I believe the term is "domestic terrorists".

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remember when the conservatives said those on the left would become unhinged wen they didn’t get their way?

What happened to losing with dignity?

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It was another example of projection. They really meant that if they don't get their way, they will become even more unhinged.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes yes, you're all condemning this, but I tell you... think of all the salty little liberal tears those children were crying!

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The kids were probably thrilled to be out of class. I would have been.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When I was a kid, I probably would have been. In the age of school shootings, I don't know.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can't be in a school shooting if you're not at school. 😉

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

For a fire drill, sure, I was always glad to get out for a bit. But when there's an actual danger of a bomb or active shooter, I'd probably be nervous.

[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely bonkers how a terror organization like LOTT can operate in broad day light and face no legal consequences, let alone any from the public in general.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is LOTT I tried searching, but came up with the CA lottery commission, and John Lott.

[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Libs of Tiktok

[–] alienanimals@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

NSA: We have the ability to spy on every single phone call in the United States

School: So you'll arrest whomever made the bomb threat against us?

NSA:

[–] Teon@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Christians.
Making sure no one has any fucking fun.
It's a cult!

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Anyone else misread that as "Chatbot elementary"? Lol