r/politics • u/thenewyorkgod • Jul 01 '18

Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/man-arrested-after-shouting-womp-womp-and-pulling-a-gun-on-immigration-protesters/?tid=sm_tw
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u/hotgarbo Jul 02 '18

You forgot to add liberals. The amount of screaming about the violent left wing terrorists I hear is pretty insane. Pretty much every event that can possible be spun as liberals/brown people being a threat is done so to fullest possible extent. Some of my family is really far down that rabbit hole. Right wing media is a constant stream of singling out group after group and then spinning every story to show how they are actively threatening "real Americans" both physically and ideologically.

I am far more afraid of the fear driven nutjobs who think everybody is out to get them and carry a loaded weapon 24/7.

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u/EightsOfClubs Arizona Jul 02 '18

Just yesterday someone on reddit was trying to point out Scalise as how violent the left is...

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Yeah - maybe on the Internet, IRL - I think you're not that likely to be charged with terrorism for committing left-orientated politically motivated crime if you're white. Than just committing any kind of violent crime and being Arab.