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A woman who mailed then-President Trump a threatening letter that contained ricin weeks before the 2020 election was sentenced to 262 months in prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced.

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[-] AnonTwo@kbin.social 117 points 1 year ago

Honestly, good.

You think trump's fans are being bad now, bad back then. Just think of what would've happened if they got to Matyr him.

If he's to die, it should be rotting in prison for the crimes he's committed.

[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

If he dies of a heart attack or something before trial, his supporters will insufferably claim nothing was ever proven and will act like he’s some sort of conservative JFK and demand airports be named after him.

[-] glacier 27 points 1 year ago

Or they might deny his death outright and vote for him anyway

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or claim that he was poisoned by the deep state.

ETA: Fuck this lady. She makes everyone who isn't a MAGA shithead look bad. I want her locked up.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Why do we name airports in honor of people? Airports suck. We should name airports after bad people as punishment. "Yeah, it's a great house but it's in the flight path of Andy Dick International Airport." "They lost my luggage at Cosby Field." "I had a 6 hour layover at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport."

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[-] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

If he died, there would’ve been a few shootings here and there but the movement would’ve died out rather quickly.

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Basically business as normal then.

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

People say this a lot but honestly I don't think he'd become a martyr if he died. I don't condone assassination attempts obviously, but the key to a proper martyrdom is the people supporting you have to actually believe in what you stand for, and have to be loyal and dedicated. People who root for Trump don't actually care about him or his policies, they just swallowed a bunch of propaganda, and are rooting more against the team they don't like. We've already seen how quickly people drop Trump when he's not their golden goose anymore. If he died, there'd be no point in following him if he isn't spouting off buzzwords and dogwhistles constantly anymore. They'd just move on to the next guy who doesn't like immigration or the gays. I mean, it's not like anyone calls Hitler a martyr, or any other authoritarian dictators that have died in the past. A martyr has to be someone who inspires people beyond their death, and brings attention to a particular issue. Trump doesn't inspire anyone, he's just a convenient figurehead to rally behind.

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[-] Arotrios@kbin.social 48 points 1 year ago

Good. This woman could have sickened not only her target, but anyone who came in contact with what she sent. While I share her politics, hate makes monsters of us all, and she crossed the line. While I don't think the "there are good people on both sides" argument holds much water, actions like hers remind me that there are definitely bad people on both sides.

[-] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Good men have to do bad things to make the world a better place.

[-] Arotrios@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Every time I come upon that dynamic in real life, it's always turned out to be the wrong decision. The ends may justify the means, but the means defines the ends.

[-] Nougat@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

No, absolutely fucking no. The ends do not and cannot justify the means.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Killing a bunch of staffers with ricin in an envelope that would never have gotten to Trump is not making the world a better place.

[-] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Funny, that's exactly what they say

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[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago

She deserves it, what a maroon!

Imagine thinking Donald Trump opens and reads his own mail! He has people who Cat-in-the-Hat those hard words for him.

Idiocy like that is too dangerous to be on the streets.

[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah seriously. I straight up think Trump deserves the death penalty, but doing this is psychopathy, nothing more. It will only kill some random mail handling clerk trying to scrape enough to feed their family, not anyone remotely involved with the fascism you claim to be against.

[-] appel@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 year ago

Particularly relevant username.

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[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I always wondered why we don't hear about assassination attempts more often. I bet the secret service et. al. have their work cut out for them on that front.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If it was a successful attempt by agent 47 the headline would be like “antique lavish chandelier falls upon Trump in freak accident at fundraising event in Mar-A-Lago. No foul play suspected, say police”

[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

If it's in russia, the headline would read "[Name] fell from window and is yet another random victim in the string of freak window-related fall deaths."

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

“We are saddened to hear about [Name] committing suicide by shooting himself twice in the back of the head with a silenced pistol and then throwing himself off a roof”

[-] SamboT@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Phew we almost had an original comment chain there

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[-] mayonaise_met@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I'm playing it's more like "String of Bizarre Accidents Leave 16 Dead at Mar-A-Lago, Including President"

[-] RavenFellBlade@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

Good. I despise Trump, and look forward to seeing him and all of his crooked cronies behind bars. However, nobody has any right to threaten or attempt to harm anyone. This imbecile deserves the full weight of the law just like all of these morons threatening the judges and prosecutors overseeing Trump's now numerous indictments.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Observe as absolutely no democrats leap to her defense because they're plenty of things but not terrorists.

[-] dethb0y@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

It's always crazy to me that someone would risk so many people like that - poison doesn't care who it kills, and anyone from postal workers to mail sorters to trump's secretary could have gotten seriously injured or killed. Just crazy irresponsible and dangerous.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Wow, it seems smart to figure out how to make ricin but dumb to mail it to a sitting president.

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Now that I think about it for a second, maybe it's not that hard to make? I guess I've never bothered to look because I kinda don't want to make or have ricin? Crazy, I know.

[-] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I'd google it but, don't really want that in my search history.

[-] Voyajer@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

IIRC from when someone tried to mail ricin to Obama back when he was president its from crushed up castor bean powder

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Cognitohazard detected

Effect: Makes the FBI raid your house if you investigate further

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[-] dojan@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

What a shame.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Don't do that. Just don't. If someone kills him now, we will never see him rot in prison!

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[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I'm glad she was caught and is being properly charged for her crimes.

[-] Philo@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Guess it's just a myth that Canadians are polite.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

Trailer Park Boys and Letterkenny are much more accurate depictions of Canadians

[-] Aliendelarge@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago
[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Up-country Degens.

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