You are intentionally mischaracterizing it because Republicans are dishonest AF. We all wonder what it will take for Republicans to take school shootings seriously. Is there anything at all that would convince you? |
| The text was in 2022. Is there any indication of violence since then about the government. |
The VA gov debate tonight showed the entire text exchange on the screen. Jones explicitly fantasized about killing children in writing. If you don’t like the word “fantasized” then you can say he “imagined” their deaths. Same meaning. School shootings are f’d up too. Republicans should take them more seriously. Both things can be true at the same time. |
Is three years the limit when looking back now? Do you really really really believe he has had a change of heart over three years? |
Many people do wonder what it would take to change Republican’s positions on school shootings. We want fewer gun deaths, not more. |
It was something said in the heat of the moment. Yes, three years is plenty of time to reflect on how he could have phrased that differently. |
But isn’t jay in favor of more gun deaths? Isn’t that what his messages insinuated? |
Not at all. You’re being disingenuous and intentionally obtuse. He was wondering what it would take to stop senseless shootings - if the worst thing happened, would they change their minds - and it’s not that he wanted the worst thing to happen, it’s that he wanted them to change their minds on policy. Sadly, elected Republicans have shown that even when one of their own is shot or killed (from Scalise to Kirk), while they may be outraged, they will do absolutely nothing. They will not change gun laws, they will not increase access to mental health services. Jones, like most people, doesn’t just want to be outraged - he wants the senseless killings to stop. So, he wonders what it will take to make them change their minds - he never gives up hope that minds can be changed. While Jones went to the extreme in his wondering, he has not acted on it. He has neither committed nor enabled any act of violence and doesn’t condone violence. He just wondered. |
The position is clear, cops in schools and strong enforcement of existing laws. No guns in the hands of kids, felons, or the mentally ill. |
Thank you. J6 is more than three years in the past. I am sure those people have reflected and changed. Let's stop talking about it. |
Then why did Miyares vote against universal background checks when he was in the VA GA? Why did he vote against a red flag law? |
Are you insane?? Jan 6 th was an attack by the Republicans party on the US of America that dies not just go away! They built gallows and we’re going to rape women and kill people ! Shame on you anti American garbage |
Obviously very different. They took violent action against our government. They were convicted of actual crimes. Republicans DGAF about “law and order”. Or kids getting shot up at schools. |
Uh... no. Especially not when Republicans are actively pardoning the violent attack on the Capitol and firing law enforcement and prosecutors who went after those people. Republicans certainly haven't moved on from January 6, they're actively glorifying it. So no, you don't get to just move on from it. You're part of that now. You own it. |
Exactly. I wonder all of the time what life would be like if the ignorant a-hole MAGAs all disappeared. Thanos snapped. Imagine a world where facts, reason, and compassion were valued. But I certainly don’t think they should all be killed. |