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[–] dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

For politicians, you don’t need facts, you only need boogeymen. The excuse doesn’t even need to be true. DC crime is too high: send the military to DC. 1 of 1000 shooters is (maybe) trans: put all trans people in prison.