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| Leftist Assasin Kills Democrat Lawmaker and Her Husband in Minnesota (Page 2/5) |
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Mike in Sydney
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JUN 15, 06:27 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Doug85GT:
He is nitpicking that I posted that Tim Walz appoint in twice when Walz only appointed him once. It was a different Democrat governor who appointed him the first time. That makes such a huge difference.  |
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Ouch! I feel the burn. 
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82-T/A [At Work]
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JUN 15, 06:39 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Mike in Sydney:
That’s o.k., Todd. I understand how easy it is for you to get confused.
Just because someone has a wife and 4 kids, doesn’t mean that they can’t have a room mate. Suggest you refer to this: https://www.independent.co....ommate-b2770512.html .
And, yes, I know it’s not FOX news or a Rupert Murdock publication but try not to let that get in the way. ;D |
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You seem emotional about this...
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Mike in Sydney
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JUN 15, 08:46 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
You seem emotional about this... |
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LOL. Good one, Todd.
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82-T/A [At Work]
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JUN 16, 07:14 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Mike in Sydney:
LOL. Good one, Todd. |
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I was asking a question... but you seem ready for a fight. That was the point I was trying to make.
That wasn't a "good one" or an attack on you, I was merely just trying to figure out what your problem is.[This message has been edited by 82-T/A [At Work] (edited 06-16-2025).]
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bonaduce
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JUN 16, 07:16 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
Does it make more sense that a left-leaning person would assassinate fellow Democrats?
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Does it make sense that a left leaning black actor would stage his own racial assault?
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jdv
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JUN 16, 08:08 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by bonaduce:
Does it make sense that a left leaning black actor would stage his own racial assault? |
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She voted against the party line!
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Mike in Sydney
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JUN 16, 08:18 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
I was asking a question... but you seem ready for a fight. That was the point I was trying to make.
That wasn't a "good one" or an attack on you, I was merely just trying to figure out what your problem is.
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Sorry. I missed your question, completely. I still don’t follow you. As a politician over here is prone to say, “Please explain”.
I don’t have a problem and I didn’t think your response was an attack on me. It did seem a bit passive-aggressive but there’s a lot of that on this particular forum.
To restate my point, to me, the OP implied that Vance Boelter was a leftist appointed twice by Gov. Walz to a government position. That’s incorrect but I don’t think that’s important. What is important is that it doesn’t matter what Boelter’s political leaning is, what happened is wrong and now that he has been caught, he will face due process and if found guilty, punished.
BTW, I’d feel the same way if the victims were Republicans or MAGA.
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NewDustin
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JUN 16, 08:40 AM
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Some of you are a being little wacky in support of your chosen narratives. Let's just list out what we actually know...
- His last known registration is from 2004, and is Republican. His wife was also a registered Republican (MN doesn’t require registration, so the information since they moved there is understandably missing)
- His recent social media posts contain conservative viewpoints, especially pro-life and anti-LGBT stances, but no liberal-leaning posts have been identified as of yet.
- He is a supporter of Donald Trump, and attended campaign rallies for him.
- He was appointed to a government role by a Democratic Governor, and another Democratic Governor before him.
- Both of those governors appointed a considerable number of conservatives and Republicans (Walz appointed at least Margaret Leppik, David Asp, Ronald Abrams, Gordon Moore, Susan Segal, and Theodora Gaïtas in addition to Boelter).
- He shot 2 Democrat elected officials and their family members (and dog
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- He had a list of more than 70 targets, all pro-choice Democrat officials or abortion providers.
- He had fliers for local ‘No Kings’ protests in his car.
Now, you can call a MAGA-rally-attending, Trump-supporting, Republican-registering, anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ, Democrat-only-shooting person a "leftist" because (checks list)...he was appointed by a Democrat governor and had rally flyers in his car...but it seems more likely to me we are going to continue solidifying the evidence that this was a MAGA-motivated attack.
I think it's important for us to also keep in mind that all of MAGA did not commit this attack, and while the rhetoric inherent in the movement is almost certainly involved in emboldening this individual, that does not implicate the movement itself. It may be time to do some self-reflection, though, on what it means to feed on people's anger for political benefit, same as it was when that lunatic shot at Trump.[This message has been edited by NewDustin (edited 06-16-2025).]
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NewDustin
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JUN 16, 08:48 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Mike in Sydney:
To restate my point, to me, the OP implied that Vance Boelter was a leftist appointed twice by Gov. Walz to a government position. That’s incorrect but I don’t think that’s important.
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I disagree with you here. The first two words in this conversation are "Leftist Assassin." There was a huge rush of misinformation to paint this as a leftist attack...to get ahead of the facts and establish a narrative before the truth had a chance to come out. That it was spearheaded by the official election-funding oligarch of the Republican party, at least one US Senator, and a cabal of Conservative talking heads is alarming. It made it's way here...Doug was pretty clearly tricked by it, and Ray, Cliff, and JDV appear to have been as well.[This message has been edited by NewDustin (edited 06-16-2025).]
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82-T/A [At Work]
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JUN 16, 09:54 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Mike in Sydney:
Sorry. I missed your question, completely. I still don’t follow you. As a politician over here is prone to say, “Please explain”.
I don’t have a problem and I didn’t think your response was an attack on me. It did seem a bit passive-aggressive but there’s a lot of that on this particular forum.
To restate my point, to me, the OP implied that Vance Boelter was a leftist appointed twice by Gov. Walz to a government position. That’s incorrect but I don’t think that’s important. What is important is that it doesn’t matter what Boelter’s political leaning is, what happened is wrong and now that he has been caught, he will face due process and if found guilty, punished.
BTW, I’d feel the same way if the victims were Republicans or MAGA. |
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All I asked was why the man had a "roommate" if he lived with his family. It leads me to believe there's more to the story of his personal life. I said nothing about anything else related to your comments.
I again will just state... if you have a bunch of daughters ranging in age from 6 to teenager... it seems odd to me that you would have a grown-man unrelated to the family... a "rommate," living in your house with them.
As far as my opinion of the shooter, and the political narrative... the last dozen or so shooters (almost all of them) have either been trans, some kind of left-leaning person, or whatever. This person is more than likely a "conservative." But the one thing they all have in common, is that they are insane. The left tends to accept people with mental illness more readily than people on the right. Or I'd say... the draw from the left is greater on the left, simply because (other than their more or less dislike of Jews), the left tends to be more accepting of socially fringe ideas... which also (unfortunately) comes with it a sense of mental illness. While an insane person might align their actions with a political agenda... or a movie star they like, or an environmental cause, or any of the other reasons crazy people do what they do... it comes down to the fact that these people are insane.
The way you kind of "came at me" is more indicative of how things have gotten over the past few decades. My personal opinion is that the Democrats used "fear" with Trump far more than what would be normal. It's not a new tactic, but they've certainly taken advantage of it... but the rhetoric on both sides has gotten pretty heated. People have made politics part of their personality... who they are as an individual. It didn't used to be like this back in the day, like under Clinton (whom I voted for). I remember you could have comedians like Chris Farley come in and pretend to be Newt Gingrich, and everyone in the House loved it.
Personally, I think the radicalization of students in college, coupled with social media and the constant barage of negativity is what has brought many people to the edge of their sanity. I also personally think the food we eat and the drugs we take (or that get flushed into our water supplies) also have a direct correlation to the increase in mental illness... but I say that with no scientific backing, just a hunch when I'm considering what's changed from the 80s to now.
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