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Chasstev365

(7,893 posts)
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 11:12 AM 7 hrs ago

Trump's reign of terror has revealed truths about two conservative groups:

1. The NRA always told us we need unrestricted guns to rise up against a tyrannical government, yet have silently supported every tyrannical thing he's done. Apparently "Don't Tread on Me" doesn't apply to Trump.

2. Evangelical Christians can see Trump literally blasphemously portray himself as Jesus Christ, the song of God, yet not object or speak out.


If even a small % of these groups understand Trump's fakeness and turn away from him it will help us in November

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Trump's reign of terror has revealed truths about two conservative groups: (Original Post) Chasstev365 7 hrs ago OP
Hopefully someone is studying - how to tell them bucolic_frolic 7 hrs ago #1
Also, the "Constitutional Conservatives" and the "Originalists" Midnight Writer 7 hrs ago #2
Great Addition! Chasstev365 6 hrs ago #5
"Constitutional Creatives"... ultralite001 5 hrs ago #7
Not that its surprising, but the 2A crowd remains AWFULLY silent about the ICE shootings this year. Moostache 7 hrs ago #3
By "tyrannical government" the gun nuts mean the Fed enforcing the 14th amendment DBoon 6 hrs ago #4
I have no confidence happy feet 5 hrs ago #6
Their religiousity is all about gaining power by appealing to the fears and beliefs of rubes. Intractable 5 hrs ago #8
The NRA is not opposed to tyrants relayerbob 4 hrs ago #9

bucolic_frolic

(55,357 posts)
1. Hopefully someone is studying - how to tell them
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 11:16 AM
7 hrs ago

It says something that gas prices and the draft mean more to them than Trump's deification

Midnight Writer

(25,501 posts)
2. Also, the "Constitutional Conservatives" and the "Originalists"
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 11:38 AM
7 hrs ago

These groups claim to revere our Constitution and the Framers, but their goal is to create legal loopholes and, let's call them "creative", interpretations of the Constitution. They support people who clearly want to dismantle our protected rights, and tailor their positions to fit the needs of the ultra-wealthy.

Moostache

(11,214 posts)
3. Not that its surprising, but the 2A crowd remains AWFULLY silent about the ICE shootings this year.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 11:42 AM
7 hrs ago

Especially for Alex Pretti, literally shot dead by the very jack-booted thugs that I heard so much drivel about for so many years... and when they finally show up on American streets and kill LEGALLY ARMED AMERICAN CITIZENS, these fucking assclown Tinder/Grinder cloggers seem to have swallowed too much semen to speak out about those cherish gun rights and sacred protections...

DBoon

(25,036 posts)
4. By "tyrannical government" the gun nuts mean the Fed enforcing the 14th amendment
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:08 PM
6 hrs ago

Guns are meant to defend white christians against The Other.

happy feet

(1,282 posts)
6. I have no confidence
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:48 PM
5 hrs ago

They will in numbers as it was always a ruse against the left in the first place.

Intractable

(2,255 posts)
8. Their religiousity is all about gaining power by appealing to the fears and beliefs of rubes.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 01:35 PM
5 hrs ago

This is not about implementing the word of Jesus.

relayerbob

(7,436 posts)
9. The NRA is not opposed to tyrants
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 01:53 PM
4 hrs ago

ONly those who don't support their far right racist agenda

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