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In reply to the discussion: America has hit the MAGA tipping point [View all]mnhtnbb
(33,090 posts)34. No, not if you're 18
and otherwise not prohibited from owning a firearm.
When I was living in downtown Raleigh several years ago, I was walking the dog, mid-day, and realized a young guy 10-15 feet in front of me had an automatic weapon of some sort slung over his shoulder. We turned around and went the other direction.
There were some episodes around that time of young black couples being followed by 2-3 of these young white guys with weapons.
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I took it to be akin to the climate tipping point in meaning, in other words
Maru Kitteh
Mar 2025
#37
Well said and agree. I am very cnscious of what I allow "in" and also try and remove/limit the
c-rational
Mar 2025
#11
This is actually going way better than I feared it might. And I mean that in the sense that
Ol Janx Spirit
Mar 2025
#5
Why expect corporations to do anything other than adapt to financial circumstances? Why assume that they would be moral?
xocetaceans
Mar 2025
#6
Focus on voting, economic and civil rights impacts of Putin's Puppet and MAGA. The rest is going to be hot ...
uponit7771
Mar 2025
#7
We will not reach a tipping point until the pain hits a lot more people and businesses.
Lonestarblue
Mar 2025
#8
Yup, then it is someone else fault because they were not stop sooner.
republianmushroom
Mar 2025
#22
There must be accountability once law and order is re-established in this country
Mysterian
Mar 2025
#13
I asked this yesterday, whether anyone has personally been affected
question everything
Mar 2025
#16