Monday, April 21, 2025

Trumpism Echoes Right-Wing Icon Timothy McVeigh

In the thirty years since the Oklahoma City bombing, the country took an extraordinary journey -- from nearly universal horror at the action of a right-wing extremist [McVeigh] to wide embrace of a president who reflected the bomber's values.

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The Oklahoma City bombing took place 30 years ago today. It was inspired in part by a horrific novel that brought together white supremacists around the country. Here's a piece I wrote about it a couple of years ago: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/white-suprem ...

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-- Aɴᴠ... ʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ (@andrewliptak.com) April 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM

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"a long tradition of gun-obsessed, antidemocratic, violence-fueled extremism".

POSTED BY REINHEITSGEBOT

In a nutshell.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 09:40 AM

antidemocratic

REINHEITSGEBOT

Democracy has always violated their red-necked "common sense" view on human societies

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 09:42 AM

#1: Or "in a gun shell."

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-17 05:09 PM

Timothy McVeigh was stopped by a state trooper because he had no license tag on his car. He was arrested because he had a firearm in his possession, and told the trooper as much. In 2025, that same Okiehomie state trooper would have given him a ticket and allowed him to go on his way. Think about it. A mass murderer would have been let loose by a law enforcement officer, even with a handgun in his possession...

#4 | Posted by catdog at 2025-04-22 08:19 AM

MAGA has always been a domestic terrorist cult.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-22 08:29 AM

Timothy McVeigh: a MAGAt before his time.

#6 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-04-22 08:45 AM

MAGAts here were defending and justifying McVeigh's OKC terrorist attack just the other day ...

#7 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-22 11:25 AM

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

so hitler wasn't enough for you dopes ??

#8 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-04-22 06:08 PM

Hitler isn't enough for you dopes, is the problem.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-22 06:09 PM

MAGA has always been a domestic terrorist cult.

#5 | Posted by Nixon

NEVER SEEN A RED HAT FIREBOMBING DESTROYING ANYTHING

OR SCREAMING AT PEOPLE CALLING THEM ALL SORTS OF NAMES

TO INCITE A RIOT...SCREAMING LIKE i AM AT YOU MORONS NOW

see that I did there...

happens more and more but this thead s a GD lie....from top

to this post.....and Im sure after.

#10 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-04-22 06:12 PM

Hitler isn't enough for you dopes, is the problem.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at

oh poor snoofy....still too stupid to come up with his own S.

MAYBE you can when you're standing in the bread line and then

get your government cheese.

#11 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-04-22 06:16 PM

NEVER SEEN A RED HAT FIREBOMBING DESTROYING ANYTHING

OR SCREAMING AT PEOPLE CALLING THEM ALL SORTS OF NAMES

TO INCITE A RIOT...SCREAMING LIKE i AM AT YOU MORONS NOW

see that I did there...

happens more and more but this thead s a GD lie....from top

to this post.....and Im sure after.

#10 | Posted by shrimptacodan

here you go

www.youtube.com

#12 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-04-22 06:17 PM

Did SHRIMPdick write all that stupid shht in all caps in order to make sure everyone notices how fkkking stupid he is.

SHRIMPdick, you Trumpers are the loudest, angriest, most ignorant people in America.

#13 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-22 06:30 PM

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