• unmagical@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    Honestly it doesn’t seem to take very long at all. I watched live as the insurrectionists attempt to overturn democracy in the US during their failed auto-coup on January 6th less than 3 years ago.

    Though there was some “it’s not real” talk in the immediate aftermath the idea that it was a false flag, antifa, not an insurrection, not a big deal, just tourists having an afternoon scroll, etc. seems to be growing.

    I wonder why the “left wing radical Democrat antifa operatives engaging in a false flag attack to make Trump look bad” marched under banners with Trump’s name, admitted they were doing it for Trump, in some cases ran for office on the Republican ticket, and are actively being protected by Republican politicians.

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      3 years ago

      Pretty astonishing when the whole thing was basically live streamed. I member watching it as it happened

      • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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        3 years ago

        Watching terrorist Ashli Babbitt get shot from multiple angles, then seeing comments from Trumpers like:

        1. She’s a hero
        2. She’s a false flag
        3. She’s not actually dead
        4. She didn’t do anything wrong

        And this is barely two years. Going to bet a decade from now, the misinformation will be worse.