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AverageOldGuy

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4. Before Jan 6 . . .

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 2, 2025, 09:23 AM

Jan 2

. . . Trump and his henchmen convinced the Proud Boys, Three Percenters, other armed "patriot" groups, and several thousand seemingly normal people to stage a coup.

In my little rural bright red Virginia county, the owner of a local tire and automotive shop rented a 42 passenger luxury bus to take people to the Jan 6 rally . . . filled it up the same day he announced it . . . one of his passengers is a retired deputy sheriff who is now a member of our county Board of Supervisors.

Everywhere I look, I see stupid people. I'm not afraid of AI . . . I'm terrified of natural stupidity.

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