• JillyB@beehaw.org
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    Do y’all actually believe this was a false flag? That’s just pure contrarian conspiratorial thinking to me. Trump didn’t gain anything from this. He actually looks stupid because the interviewer used the shooter’s manifesto to humiliate trump. There have been 3 assassination attempts on Trump iirc and none of them meaningfully changed anything.

    IMO, the right’s biggest success over the past several years is the attack on truth. Even leftists now believe the established narrative must be wrong. That’s not skepticism, that’s just tribalistic contrarianism.

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      When he got “shot” in the ear from a rifle bullet but was completely fine, polls switched over to his favor during the campaign.

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        That was pretty early when he was still running against Biden. At most, it was a temporary surge. Even if he won off the back of it, there’s just no evidence that it was a false flag or anything like that. It’s an enormous claim to make with zero evidence. I don’t see how it’s helpful to believe in that. Why is it hard to believe that the most divisive politician in recent memory has had multiple people try to kill him?

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          Because his ear wouldn’t exist if it was hit with a .223.

          The temporary surge was talked about over and over again until election day. Polls showed it was a significant reason why he won.