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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 107 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Sounds like (purely speculation, since the details aren't available) he pulled a gun on or otherwise threatened the agents coming to arrest him, based on his other behavior. Told them to come back with a warrant, they did so, and he took issue?

Either way, posting on the internet about assassinating government officials, regardless of whether it's serious or not, was probably not the smartest opening move.

[–] Landrin201@lemmy.ml 75 points 2 years ago (4 children)

That won't stop the far right from turning him into a martyr

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They sure are big on traitors and hostile to the rule of law lately.

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

The right used to at least pretend to be into law and order.

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They still pretend, they just also pretend that the rule of law is different than what it is.

You know how many far-righters have "back the blue" and thin blue line bumper stickers?

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[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They turned a dumb cunt that jumped over a barricade to rush a bunch of men with guns into a martyr.

They'll turn this guy into The Jesus to Trumps God.

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[–] exohuman@programming.dev 106 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Yeah, umm… what did he think would happen when he threatened the life of a sitting president?

[–] ElHexo@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Right? The US government kills people for no reason all the time and this guy thinks he'll be safe after giving them a reason

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[–] Wage_slave@lemmy.ml 100 points 2 years ago (5 children)

"The complaint said Robertson came to the attention of federal agents in March after he posted a threat against Mr Bragg on Truth Social, the social network owned by Mr Trump. The company alerted the FBI's National Threat Operations Center.

FBI agents then visited the suspect, who told them that the post was a "dream" and ended the conversation by saying: "We're done here! Don't return without a warrant!""

Not only does Truth Social narc on him, but the "dreams" defense was a true sign of just how far gone that asshole was.

[–] False@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You know you goofed when Truth Social turns you in to the feds

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Truth social is in it for the grift, not for the heat. They aren't really the revolutionary counterculture fortress they make themselves out to be. They just figured out that stupid people are easy to monetize. Which is rapidly becoming MBA canon for all social media.

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[–] bigmonkey@hexbear.net 66 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The messages continued as late as Tuesday, when he posted: "Perhaps Utah will become famous this week as the place a sniper took out Biden the Marxist."

bawllin-sad The world is lesser now that we have lost this great mind

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

Guy just wanted Biden to live up to the legacy of the first Catholic president

[–] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 59 points 2 years ago (1 children)

lol dumbass didn't even add "in Minecraft" to his posts

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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 56 points 2 years ago (1 children)

inb4 he's turned into a martyr.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (4 children)

This is just the first step of Biden's ethnic cleansing of white cishet Christians.

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 46 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Virgin Putin

  • Let's Prigo get away with an armed coup attempt
  • Everybody laughs at him

Vs.

Chad Biden

  • Has guy who wrote dumb threats against him online killed
  • Strikes fear in the hearts of his enemies
[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Another member of Ya'l-Qaeda dusted, and nothing much of value was lost.

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[–] YaksDC@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago

At least he went out doing what he loved....... being an idiot.

[–] halfpipe@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Reminds me of the guy who tried to break into a secure building with a gun , became frustrated by the bullet proof glass, and then hid in a field in the middle of his shoot-out with the cops to post some updates about his shoot-out.

This kind of guy is just going to become a thing in American culture now, I guess.

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honestly if there wasn't going to be innocent people caught in the crossfire, I'd be all for right-wing nutters starting shootouts with cops to be a thing. Hearing about a dead frothingfash or an officer-down on the news wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.

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[–] SeizeToothbrush@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not even a gun. It was a fucking nail gun. Half-assed approach to domestic terrorism these days.

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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago

hog on hog violence, you love to see it! fash-infighting

[–] M68040@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago (13 children)

I like it when bad things happen to right wingers

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[–] corm@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Ok so either he drew a gun on them or they executed him. Well it should be cleared up quickly with body cam footage.

What's that? No body cam footage?

Right, then I'm going to have to assume they executed him while he was surrendering peacefully.

(I voted for biden, but I also don't trust the fbi to miss a chance to shoot someone)

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[–] BurnTheRight@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Next up on Fox News... The libs have weaponized the FBI and are executing innocent conservatives for exercising their freedumb of speech!"

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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Oh no….anyways.

[–] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (16 children)

In bad country you can be punished or even jailed for talking about government officials. Not here in America though.

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[–] Snowpix 16 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Well if it isn't the consequences of your own actions. Good riddance.

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[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

Well well well.

if it isnt the consequences of his actions.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

And the world got a little less shitty today. I love seeing Darwinism in real time. I feel bad for the FBI agent that might have guilt from taking a life.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Lucky bastard, doesn't have to live on a burning planet anymore.

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