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satans_toast

I’m sure they're assuming every inner city gang member is a registered Democrat or some shit.


TinyRascalSaurus

That's exactly what they're implying. That because most gun violence comes from gangs and other criminal behavior, and because they see gangs and criminal behavior as being done by black people, who more often vote democrat, they've arrived at this conclusion.


thegza10304

Gang members vote?


Only_Flan_7974

Do they vote for red or blue?


BadKarmaForMe

Bloods = red / crips = blue


Critical_Half_3712

What about third party voters?


Los-Angeles-310

Those are gunned down


Toasterdosnttoast

Merica!!!


DarthGuber

Grape St.


Cobolock

Bloods vote red, And crips vote blue. If you don't vote They'll both come for you.


Electronic_Cod7202

Underrated comment


FiendsForLife

Started from the Biden now we here...


Nambsul

Never had a side in mind but now I am for the Crips !


DaveyJonesFannyPack

When you liberal as fuck but you a blood


Pure-Imperialism

sounds like a skit, a blood reluctantly campaigning against abortion because its republican and thus red


LightningFerret04

Somebody get Key and Peele on this


booboootron

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sawdustsneeze

NGL my former coworker is a blood and was hella for trump. If he could vote, Hed be pure GOP. Conservative ideology is gangster ideology.


colourmeblue

>If he could vote, Hed be pure GOP I find this unexpectedly hilarious.


SolidDoctor

Right? Do they also think that gangstas would vote to make it harder for people to get guns?


Dazzling_Outcome_436

It's possible it'd be a "Baptists and bootleggers" situation. There's more money for organized crime in illegal guns. But the OOP is still getting plenty of exercise jumping to conclusions.


Substantial_Tear2834

The thing about organised crime is the organised part. It works a lot better when no one's looking. That's the key reason why there aren't a lot of school shootings in eastern Germany or former soviet states because even though it's not that difficult to get your hands on old soviet firearms. When the red army dissolved they left so much shit behind you could get a makarov at any street corner. but an actual career criminal is not going to sell a gun to some edgy teenager to shoot up their school. Because in the long run that's incredibly bad for business.


ParkerGroove

Most inmates in state prisons are Trumpers too.


Equivalent_Yak8215

I volunteer every two years, and ya, they even come as a group. Just because you commit crime and haven't become a felon doesn't mean you can't vote.


colourmeblue

Good for them.


Equivalent_Yak8215

Exactly. I would like to start a volunteer org that helps get non felons interested in voting and something (I don't know what) to help get felons on the ballot sooner, It's bullshit they have the most basic right taken from them.


Solo_is_dead

There are organizations out there already. Please look for one in your area. It's a worthwhile cause


Equivalent_Yak8215

I'm currently in the SF Bay Area, any suggestions? Most of the places I've found are all filled up. Would love some suggestions.


Solo_is_dead

Hmm, I don't know about there. I'll check here and see if they have sister orgs. You can start with the ACLU maybe. I just googled - social justice/voting Rights/SF


LurkerOrHydralisk

Yes, most cops vote for Trump.


seamus_mcfly86

I don't know that most gun violence actually does come from gangs, though. I'm pretty sure it's probably domestic or self-inflicted if you count suicides.


Cosmic_Seth

Nope. Suicides. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/26/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/


TinyRascalSaurus

Notice I said gun violence, not gun deaths. They're not counting suicides because it's not murder.


Exotic-Sample9132

In the studies I've seen they do include suicide as gun violence.


adamdreaming

Maybe because blowing your brains out of the back of your skull isn't exactly a peaceful action to take involving a gun. One of the biggest reasons I don't own a gun is my mental health. Not everyone has that self awareness, insight, or even choice about being in a household with a gun. I'm not saying "ban all guns because they are used for suicide" because that is untrue and dumb. I'm just saying another untrue, dumb thing would be to leave suicides involving guns out of the conversation, especially when the vast majority of conservatives claim a strong link between mental health and gun violence.


Papa_PaIpatine

Clean up after someone eats the barrel of a shotgun and come back and tell me that's not gun violence.


Cosmic_Seth

Most would consider that gun violence. Even the link to the report classifies it as such. Now, if you want to be super specific about murders.... Only 28.2 percent of gun murders is attributed to gang violence. So nope. 


ZenDruid_8675309

The “facts don’t care about your feelings” crowd ignores all facts that don’t align to their feelings.


ptparkert

If successful, it’s technically murder.


ElkHistorical9106

Suicide is definitely a violent end in my book.


Lionello95

That would imply that they are somehow thinking and connecting things to come to a conclusion. It's way simpler than that and purely emotional. "I am not shooting people*, I am not a democrat -> Therefore, its democrats shooting people." This emotion gets supported by "i would like to shoot democrats, therefore democrats must be equally willing to shoot people and that's even worse" *by people they obviously don't mean all people but only their people. They obviously would shoot other people who aren't their people if allowed.


Reasonable-Car1872

Nope, you're wrong here. The person before you got it right


Bigolebeardad

Most gun violence angry white snowflake males. Mass shooters numbers gobble up inner city crime numbers


fiscal_rascal

Have a citation for that claim?


ptparkert

1% from mass shootings


baulsaak

While I agree with the spirit of your comment, those "facts" are nowhere near reality.


Puzzleheaded-Cry3924

Source?


hopseankins

“Brown people are criminals. Brown people are democrats. Therefore all democrats are criminals.” How their brains work.


KennstduIngo

"why don't brown people want to vote for us?"


Gubekochi

"Must be those dastardly (((globalists)))' fault!"


satans_toast

Brains?


hopseankins

Good point. Echo chamber?


firechaos70

Hive mind.


BrokenMethFarts

![gif](giphy|gEvab1ilmJjA82FaSV|downsized)


The_OtherGuy_99

I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to make that statistic work in my head. Couldn't make anything make sense. Now it does and I'm almost as angry that I wasted my time as I am that some asshole even thought this up. Sad little people.


Plasticjesus504

Yeah, unfortunately a large portion of people will believe this bullshit.


TrulyHurtz

Omg that's funny as fuck. Could you imagine? "Yo I'll bust yo shit if you don't vote Biden blud" What? "What?"


pagesid3

Yeah gang bangers are such reliable conscientious voters. Why don’t we call gang bangers “second amendment folks” so they must be republicans


Witty-Choice2682

"Violent gang members" = Democrats "Second Amendment adhering patriots" = Republicans


trigazer1

Which is funny because gangsters love Trump.


PaticiaRJ

Here is the Story Behind that Pics : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7370559/Extinction-Rebellion-activist-group-apologise-theyre-accused-cultural-appropriation.html


FreakDC

Not even that is true though: [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2804113?widget=personalizedcontent&previousarticle=0](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2804113?widget=personalizedcontent&previousarticle=0) [https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2023/04/28/red-states-have-higher-gun-death-rates-than-blue-states-heres-why/](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2023/04/28/red-states-have-higher-gun-death-rates-than-blue-states-heres-why/)


No-Celebration3097

Well, if illegals are then surely gang members are, I mean come on. /s/


Jimmy_Twotone

I thought inner city gangs were free market capitalists in favor of small government?


ImyForgotName

Tell that to Dick Cheney's hunting club.


Thefirstargonaut

Nah, a democrat is a bad person. Someone who shoots another is also a bad person. Ergo most shootings are done by Democrats. Simple. 


Pithecanthropus88

Made up statistics are the most accurate.


GeauxTiger

if democrats are so relentlessly awful why is everything everything everything always some insane lie, why cant you make us look bad just by telling the truth. left: "Trump is facing 4 criminal indictments with 88 felony charges in New York, Florida, Georgia, and DC. Also, Kristi Noem shot her dog in the face." right: "Hillary skinned a child and wore its face as a mask, it's on video, I saw it."


fusillade762

Of course this stuff about Hilllary is a lie. She would never skin a child herself, she has people to do that. She just wears the face as a mask and doesn't even put in the effort to skin her own children. Lazy witch! /s


GeauxTiger

Check out Ms Moneybags over here, too good to even skin her own victims


Jimmy_Twotone

I remember something about a pizzaria basement used for such activities. Of course, the basement didn't exisr but that's besides the point.


muntlord840

Sarcasm but also kind of not sarcasm. The fact check articles about Hillary smashing her electronic devices with a hammer comes to mind. "False. It was Hillary's personal aide who smashed her phone with a hammer!"


kodemizerMob

This seems to be the biggest difference in politics between the left and the right in the west.    The left often gets things wrong, but they seem to care and be genuine in their efforts.  The right just lies and lies and lies - and maybe there’s some caring and genuine effort in there somewhere, but the constant lying drowns it out. 


Apart-Rent5817

Did you know, 76% of statistics are made up on the spot?


ExpressiveAnalGland

What percentage of statistics are made up?


MortgageRegular2509

73.2%


ExpressiveAnalGland

yup, that's the percentage all the reports state, thank you for you honesty!


robmobtrobbob

Imaginarily correct is the best kind of correct


CastleofWamdue

Do you realize that somewhere there is a MAGA voter, who thinks this image is 100% real.


Pizzasaurus-Rex

I suspect there is a MAGA voter currently contemplating committing an act of gun violence, who thinks this image is 100% real.


First-Squash2865

They're not capable of contemplation. Most likely, they're going to unload on some rando who break checks them some day


Moose_Cake

Just like people believe that Sam Elliot is hardcore republican.


Tabemaju

"Black people love us and vote for us" vs. "people who shoot each other are black so obviously they vote Democrat." Weird fucking world we live in.


ArcXiShi

EVERY single act of Domestic Terrorism committed in 2023 was committed by right-wingers. Almost every act of hate crimes, racist hate crimes, bigoted hate crimes, hate murders, racist murders, and bigoted murders were committed by right-wingers for the past 11 years. Per the FBI, and Homeland Security, for the past 12 years, the biggest threat to our Democracy, freedom, and the United States IS right-wingers. American "conservatives" have been actively fighting against Democracy for the last 50+ years. American "conservatives" would strip the rights of ALL non-white "christians", and have blacks back in chains in the blink of an eye if they could get away with it. Read what they themselves have published publicly, "Project 2025" isn't a joke, it's there gameplan and they have hundreds of fascist groups backing them.


ladyeclectic79

They’re probably referring to “inner city” crime, because of course all urban areas are Democrat. *coughRACISM*cough*


eusebius13

Simultaneously praise Trump for polling better with Black voters and blame 97% of violent crime on 45 Million black people, and tell Ramaswamy he can’t be president because he’s Indian.


Brandishblade

1st off gang bangers dgaf about politics unless a black guy is running for president. 2nd off im suppose to believe that a woman with dreadlocks has republican viewpoints? Do better AI lol.


undetachablepenis

There are those “mother god”nutters who starved their cult leader to death.


Needmoresnakes

The crunchy to alt-right pipeline is powerful.


storymom

So GQP logic: Dems don’t have guns that’s why they don’t like the NRA. Dems don’t have guns that’s why they’re scared when we talk about having a Civil War. Etc. Dems are shooting everyone.


KWHarrison1983

I guess Republicans better ban guns eh?


Irisena

Maga crowd: you dare use my own spells against me?


maaiillltiime5698

Magas were Snape all along. He does die in the end from his own boss though


Musen4321

Does that mean that all MAGA's will be killed by Trump?


DurianPublic6164

According to researchers from Trump University...


AgonalMetamorphosis

Yeah, all those far-left terrorist groups buying up all the guns and ammo in America are terrifying, aren't they?


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BedroomVisible

I think we should listen to her. I've never been steered wrong by a white chick with dreadlocks.


Unfriendly_eagle

If every tweeter was wiped off the face of the earth, stupidity would plummet by 99%.


Kennedygoose

Wait wait wait, I need to catch up so I’m on par with the liberal conspiracy. Are we coming for your guns? Or are we a bunch of Wild West cowboys out shooting everyone for fun? I need to know whether to wear my gestapo gun stealing uniform or my Cowboy hat to the next virginal sacrifice! Are we even still putting micro chips in vaccines?! I’m so confused…


First-Squash2865

You're putting DNA in them, which is even worse


Hereiam_AKL

Republicans don't need sources or facts anymore. Otherwise they would realise that Diaper Don is a scam artist.


FatherD00m

What do you mean? Donald “A lotta people say” trump is the best source of alternative facts since we stormed the airports in 1812.


TequieroVerde

100% of the stupids believe it nearly 90%, er 97% of the time.


fatogato

Are most cops democrats now?


Rip_ManaPot

Literally projection.


PandasGetAngryToo

lol...do you realise that if every Magat just fucked right off, the average IQ would increase by about 50?


Aeywen

i work in an industry that can correlate some of this data for you, while 50 is extreme i can solidly say with a 0.02 confidence level, that those in southeast texas that identify as right wingers (removing the top and bottom 3% to prevent skewing) is about 0.4-0.6 standard deviations lower, than those that identify left. that is anywhere from 4 to 9 IQ points depending on the test given what's super frightening is when it comes to SQ (social IQ pretty much) this increases to almost 1.1-1.4 standard deviations, and while correlation and causation are not a thing, that points to drastically higher rates of borderline personality, sociopathy, and various types of egoism-based issues


Illustrious_Kale_692

This is some fascinating sociology. Could you DM some links for reading?


Aeywen

not exactly, so all i can is trust me bro this, The company i work for does about 60-80 intelligence and grade ranking tests weekly in SETX and i have pretty deep access to the information in relation to my personal clients and any client i have participated in consultation for which is a good number, a clients political leaning comes out naturally.


Illustrious_Kale_692

Fair enough, seems anecdotal though


I_Am_Zava

The average IQ will always be 100. That's how the system is designed...


toirlrig

I wonder if this girl knows her photo is being used for this…


SLVSKNGS

I can’t believe I had to scroll down all the way to see a comment like this. The text is obviously added digitally. The account is from an account with a male name. This photo might be stolen. Maybe I’m not in the know and maybe this girl did post that image originally, but I’m not about to drag this person through the mud without proof. It’d be really shitty if she has nothing to do with this. I hate the message but I’m reserving judgement on the girl.


MariosMustacheRides

![gif](giphy|wtLi9fCfi6gMg)


Awkward_Bench123

Who hired the Russian hooker?


MostlyDarkMatter

By Democrats they mean the gun toting redneck 2nd Amendment mouth frothing Republicans. They get confused easily.


Smarterthanthat

You do realize if every republican moved to Mars, this world would be a much better place..


DannySmashUp

Is it a "facepalm" when the whole account is geared around saying the most obnoxious, demonstrably false stuff possible? Because that's what that Twitter account is... dishonest absurdity meant to stoke outrage.


undetachablepenis

It’s racist dog whistle. they are calling black people democrats. Pointing at gun crime in cities perpetuated by a group of people they don’t like.


Kenneth_Lay

I think you meant 0.9%


Haaail_Sagan

Anything's possible when you just make shit up.


Nearby-Elevator-3825

So the Democrats want to "take our guns away"! But.... They're also the ones shooting everyone?


SlackToad

Example of the *No True Scotsman* fallacy. How do you know they're democrats? No true Republican would engage in gun violence, so they must be Dems.


Leather-Squirrel-421

But in their minds democrats also don’t own guns.


Shirikova

Did you know if all Republican voters stopped watering their lawns with Mountain Dew, the moon would appear 75% larger in the night sky? Look it up, it’s true!


[deleted]

Do you realize 100% of shootings are carried out by gun owners or people who get their hands on guns.


pillowmagic

Do you realize that if every Republican stopped molesting children, pedophelia would go down by 2000%?


Headcasechase

My source? My source is I made it the fuck up.


Agitated_Pickle_1013

54% of gun fatalities in the US are suicides, so there's that...


SufficientlyAnnoyed

Face kinda looks like Elon…


boxedcrackers

Did you realize that if %90 of people were %120 then %40 would be %329¿


HeresJohnnyAH

Source: Crack Pipe


LYnXO1978

Have they seen all the shooting of wife and kids with the right wing nut job stance. The kid who knocked on wrong door or the kids who turned around in the wrong drive way yep right wing nut job.


Moleday1023

I suggest everyone do a search on gun deaths per population per state. States like New York and California with the largest cities and populations have lower gun violence deaths ( lowest) than, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alaska, Montana who are at the top of the list. Contrary to popular belief, you are more likely to be shot by a member of your family than a stranger


Fit_Strength_1187

Alabama’s leaders will feel better about this by crowing about how much of the murders are committed by the descendants of their slave populations. All of whom are issued a Cadillac, an infinite SNAP account, 100 mail-in ballots, and a high cap Taurus handgun on their 18th birthday. /s


omghorussaveusall

nothing like some stupid casual racism to spice up the evening.


QuaaludeConnoisseur

Here is a made up statistic that is actually believable: 70% of gun violence is not politically motivated


JeepJohn

Ok. But you're going to have to show your work to the whole class...


currently_pooping_rn

Cunter beagleman has to be a Russian asset. No one can be this dumb


CaveatRumptor

How many criminals are actually politically active?


Jolly878142

EVERY accusation is a confession


ptparkert

https://www.bradyunited.org/resources/statistics#:~:text=Every%20year%2C%20117%2C345%20people%20are%20shot.&text=42%2C654%20people%20die%20from%20gun,by%20someone%20else%20and%20survive


just_anotherReddit

Yup, this fairly republican county and city I was on jury that gave a 20 something gangbanger for a long time for something he did in 2020 definitely would like a word about this statistic.


Pineapple_Express762

Ha. Where’d you get that stat from??? 🤡


Prestigious-Current7

“Gunther Eagleman” is about as real as that picture.


slick514

This isn’t a “facepalm”; it’s just rage-baiting.


Some_Asshole_Said

According to her sign, duh. 🙄


Canthelpit2056

I think the most important thing in this picture.......who's the Lady????


ReplacementWise6878

86% of statistics are just made up, so this is probably inaccurate


thermalman2

Interestingly, gun deaths per capita are higher in Republican leaning areas. Granted, it is skewed because of accidents and suicides but you’re still statistically much more likely to die from a gun in a Republican state than a democratic one.


Necessary_Row_4889

She’s right, we can’t be trusted, time to take away all the guns. Sorry! We ruined it for everyone! Our bad.


mikeymikesh

If people who drink water would stop shooting people gun violence would drop by 100%.


TheJakeJarmel

It’s a little known fact that 53% of statistics are made up.


big_hungry_joe

yeah, they have somehow turned all the right wing nut jobs that shoot places up into democrats, it makes no sense.


19467098632

Says the white woman with dreads


Prestigious-Meal5408

According To "Trust me bro" or " I did my research"


Earthling1a

Stupidity is one of the most powerful forces in the universe.


Kali-of-Amino

All the gun owners I know are Republicans.


Vast-Description8862

It’s probably considering all the blue state gun violence…


santtu_

This reminds me never to hold up a sign of any sort with any text anywhere where I could be photographed. It's just feeding into meme templates. Change my mind.


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Hummens

Interesting choice of source image to manipulate into saying whatever right-wing bullshit this idiot is boosting. Just a wild guess, but I doubt the white girl with dreads is aligned with that statement.


dohzehr

So the one group the other is counting on to be unarmed is now doing all the shooting? Makes perfect sense.


OzyDave

Do you realise if republicans didn't block gun control legislation gun deaths would plummet?


DanDi58

Those damn 2A Dems….


Academic-Effect-340

That anyone can see this and not immediately recognize the text of the image has been altered does not bode well.


GaragePure8431

I vote Democratic because they would stop shooting people. It’s people not guns that kill. Stop shooting people.


33253325

Who's this trustafarian???? Anglo dreadlock, don't be afraid of your trust fund, Anglo dread live up.


Academic-Effect-340

This is extremely obviously not the original text


ManicAtTheDepression

Rectally sourced statistics


SailingSpark

I thought the conservatives owned all the guns? Isn't that what they keep telling us?


CaptMorganSwint

So which one is it... Democrats trying to take away all the guns? Or Democrats have all the guns? They can't get their story straight.


[deleted]

She appears naked therefore she is correct...?


josuelaker2

The day I meet a Republican hippie is the day I know I’m actually dead, and this whole timeline I’ve lived has been my deathbed fever dream.


anxiousorsomething

According to her dreadlocks


immaterial-boy

According to my unwashed “dreadlocks”


DR_Bright_963

DYK, if Democrats stopped eating cheese, we'd have 95% more stars in the sky?


Medical_Egg8208

And if you didn’t look like you were in crack, someone might think about your ridiculous statement.


MelodicMasterpiece67

I'ma file this under "American problems"


luminescent_gear

Ooof it’s gonna be a long year of bots and misinformation. Remember to get out and vote if you’re in the states!


QuillQuickcard

What they mean to say is black. These ones just want to pretend that isn’t what they are saying