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I want to show you something. I took this picture yesterday.
This sign is displayed prominently in front of a local business not far from my home here in this little Southern town filled with with white conservative Southerners who HATE the rest of us with righteous fury.
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This sign is displayed prominently in front of a local business not far from my home here in this little Southern town filled with with white conservative Southerners who HATE the rest of us with righteous fury.
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"Be Advised!" the sign proclaims, "We will defend our Republic AND OUR PRESIDENT"
And across the top, Ephesians 5:11 from the English Standard Bible, the revised "literal" version of Christian text used by hardcore, fanatical, right wing, Evangelicals.
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And across the top, Ephesians 5:11 from the English Standard Bible, the revised "literal" version of Christian text used by hardcore, fanatical, right wing, Evangelicals.
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Previously they displayed a sign suggesting Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and others be LYNCHED.
This business spent money on this huge, professionally created display.
They're comfortable posting this in public.
This business doesn't lose business because of it.
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This business spent money on this huge, professionally created display.
They're comfortable posting this in public.
This business doesn't lose business because of it.
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Now, you tell me, who radicalized THESE people?
Tell me, what state sponsored THIS terrorism?
You tell me, when Trump calls for violence against his enemies, what do you think THESE people will do? You don't have to guess, they put their intention on a fucking sign.
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Tell me, what state sponsored THIS terrorism?
You tell me, when Trump calls for violence against his enemies, what do you think THESE people will do? You don't have to guess, they put their intention on a fucking sign.
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My town, my neighbors, white conservatives, those Americans who pass by on the main thoroughfare where this sign stands, they don't protest.
They agree.
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They agree.
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The Baptist CHURCH directly behind this sign doesn't protest. This supposed house of God, this assembly of so-called Christians, they agree.
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This is not far from my home.
Imagine what these people would do to ME, if they knew who I was?
This is the town where our congressman, Matt Gaetz, encouraged Bikers for Trump to come ARMED to his town hall in order to defend him from liberal women, his constituents.
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Imagine what these people would do to ME, if they knew who I was?
This is the town where our congressman, Matt Gaetz, encouraged Bikers for Trump to come ARMED to his town hall in order to defend him from liberal women, his constituents.
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2 days ago, Trump openly suggested he would use the military, the police, and armed thugs -- his supporters like those who rallied to my congressman -- against AMERICANS like you and me.
For those who posted this sign, that's a call to arms. It's right there on the sign.
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For those who posted this sign, that's a call to arms. It's right there on the sign.
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There is going to be violence.
These people are going to kill Americans, their neighbors, those they see as the enemy. THEY SAID SO. Openly. Proudly. They are simply awaiting their moment.
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These people are going to kill Americans, their neighbors, those they see as the enemy. THEY SAID SO. Openly. Proudly. They are simply awaiting their moment.
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How many more acts of violence and hate does Trump have to inspire, how many more have to die here and abroad empowered by this fascist son of bitch, how many more terrorists will murder and destroy with Trump's name on their lips, before we find the courage to stop it?
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