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We have a word for that already. Its stochastic terrorism. Its not different just because its coming from a state official.

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They’re being called terrorists in the news-adjacent and very public media finally, it’s progress

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Call it what it actually is: fascism.

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Compromise? Fascists using terrorism, to advance fascism.

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Por que no los dos?

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You act like the threats are coming from Americans when they aren’t. It’s foreign terrorists

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Americans most definitely are threatening innocent people. Don’t be obtuse. (You’ll need to use a dictionary for that word).

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You are assuming he knows how to spell dictionary

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Giving money to bigots saying bigoted things doesn’t mean the bigots didn’t mean the things they said. It means they got paid for being bigots.

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It’s both.

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