• Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Here’s my prediction on this escalation.

    It will be Seattle. They will cite the Capital Hill Occupied Zone as evidence that the area is a radical leftist stronghold and that the shooter is probably from there and hiding there. They will then use that military influx to target the migrant-rich area for deportation while also oppressing gay rights. This will fuck the local economy and give Trump leverage over Microsoft and Amazon, both of which kick it there and employ hella visa holders. The gay bashing will just be icing on their shitty cake.

    Seattle is big enough to make a point, but far enough away from New York and LA that they won’t feel directly threatened and abstract enough that the American Middle, primed by previous negative coverage of activism there, will not only accept, but they will also support it.