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LonePirate

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6. I disagree. With maybe one notable exception on the right, there is more division than ever among the rank and file.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2025, 02:01 PM

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This is due to the MAGA crew being absolutely livid at anyone and everyone on the left because of the Kirk murder. They want blood and revenge. None of them are calling for lowering the temperature.

His death was an accelerant for and not a reversal of divisive trends.

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The Kirk murder has thrown a wrench into Trump's strategy of continued division. [View all] kentuck Sunday OP

Trump thinks now is not the time for the American people to go all wobbly and sentimental. Irish_Dem Sunday #1

You're right... sop Sunday #2

nonsense. it has exacerbated the polarization and debate. stopdiggin Sunday #3

Not catching the guy would have beem optimum lame54 Sunday #7

you probably have a point. but, short of that - this will do quite nicely. Yeah? -(nt)- stopdiggin Sunday #8

He couldn't pivot away fast enough to his ballroom when some bootlicker asked how he was "holding up" Blues Heron Sunday #4

That little splinter in his ear by a MAGA didn't teach him jack shit about division. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sunday #5

I disagree. With maybe one notable exception on the right, there is more division than ever among the rank and file. LonePirate Sunday #6