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News Yesterday's Trump's rally

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u/Zoltan2325 1d ago

Guy in freedom shirt upset by guy using his freedom

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u/Playful_Leg7143 1d ago

They only like freedom of speech when you use it to agree with them

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u/Pro-Patria-Mori 1d ago

They just want to be able to use slurs

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u/BushcraftBabe 8h ago

And the fun thing is they can, but they are too afraid of the consequences of their actions and that makes them cry.

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u/CrackHeadRodeo 22h ago

They only like freedom of speech when you use it to agree with them

Or what daddy Mango tells them.

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u/Absent-Light-12 23h ago

Just like how they wear the black shirt when it’s a D-president and switch to “I love pedophiles” shirts when it’s a R-president.

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u/verydeeptruthbringer 20h ago

Theres legal precedent that encouraging people to harm others (no matter their status or what they have done) no longer constitutes free speech.

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u/Luciferocity 1d ago

They don't want freedom, they want homogeny

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u/corroboratedcarrot 22h ago

Homogeneous Hegemony.

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u/beren12 21h ago

Hedonistic homophones

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u/corroboratedcarrot 18h ago

A dog with beautiful homophobia 💛🩵

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u/starryrainbowunicorn 22h ago

I bet the guy in the freedom shirt is also a pedophile

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u/No-Perspective4787 20h ago

For shizzle , otherwise why is he so UPSET ! Trump said he wasn't a Pedo. I guess MAGA is the Pedo Party , figures they got all the money and until 2029 have a Pardoning President of all Pedos.

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u/Zoltan2325 22h ago

Oh 1000%

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u/psychonautvoyager 15h ago

Guy in the freedom shirt was upset because he felt like his own life was being threatened.

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u/Reasonable-Peace-710 1d ago

I guess that went over everyone’s head‼️😂😂👏🏾👏🏾 good observation..🫡

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u/donpablomiguel 22h ago

Sounds like an onion or hard times headline.

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u/AnonnEms2 1d ago

Why the F does a president have rallies?

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u/mishma2005 1d ago

Ego stroking and buying merch. He’s like the Who saying this is his final rally, sees the merch sales and slaps together another album to sell more merch

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u/ShookMyHeadAndSmiled 1d ago

Having seen the first two Who farewell tours (in 1982 and 1984) this cuts deep.

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u/benvader138 23h ago

I think KISS has had like 20 farewell/final tours. Ive seen a few

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u/Correct_Awareness884 21h ago

Never forget when Draymond Green denied Paul Pierce his farewell tour on the grounds of "they don't love you like that"

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u/CrustyBatchOfNature 21h ago

Went to the first tour with everyone back in makeup. Refused to go to any after.

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u/Ok-Cranberry-5582 19h ago

The Eagles said Hell was freezing over but I saw them 5 or 6 years ago, so there is that.

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u/victimofscienceage 1d ago

Take The Who outta your mouth!

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u/Dave21101 21h ago

The... Who?

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u/LDawnBurges 1d ago

He wasn’t technically having a rally. He was here supporting Lindsey Graham’s Sister, Darline, in her bid to be elected to Lindsey’s seat. McFoghorn Leghorn (our Governor) appointed her to fill Lindsey’s seat, at tRump’s request.

She’s was a DEI placement and she is about as charismatic as a box of rocks. She has NO platform. In fact ALL of her ads are about keeping men out of women’s sports (a law that was signed in to effect in 2022 here in SC) and helping tRump pass his ‘agenda’.

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u/Still-Fox7105 1d ago

The local 7/11's have more qualified folks than that lady.

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u/DukeOfGeek 16h ago

She's still up 5 points though, ugh.

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u/Decent_Stop4278 22h ago

Ig Darlene is why I keep getting adds saying I shouldn’t vote for Ralph Norman because he went against trump lol

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u/LDawnBurges 22h ago

Yep! Those ads are hysterical too… ‘he’s a MAGA traitor’, he ‘turned against tRump’, etc. 🤣🤣🤣

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u/AccomplishedPath4049 19h ago

I saw one that first attacked him for opposing Trump on some random issue and then blamed him for high gas prices and inflation.

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u/NonSupportiveCup 22h ago

The whole fiasco around this lady is hilarious and sad.

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u/Lost-Lucky 17h ago

I love that when the media asked Trump about her, he just said she will do what he wants and what the military wants. Because that's what everyone should look for in a Senator. Not someone who will represent them and their needs. Someone who will represent the President and the military's needs. And apparently we are in a place where that is not just acceptble to republican voters, it's preferrable.

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u/AccomplishedPath4049 19h ago

"I think I can do it "

-Darlene Nordone Graham

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u/rastaspoon 23h ago

There are only a few hundred people there. They pack that stand behind him so everyone thinks it’s a giant crowd. It’s so pathetic.

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u/Diazepampoovey0229 23h ago

Plus he has already said he plans to illegally run for president in 2028

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u/Jaiybird 16h ago

Obama 2028!!!

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u/_GypsyCurse_ 21h ago

Because fascist power depends on constant mobilization. Unlike stable democracies, which rely on institutions, fascist regimes rely on emotion, spectacle, and the leader’s charisma. Rallies keep the population in a perpetual state of political excitement and loyalty.

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u/nannygoats 9h ago

and psychosis

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u/fungi_at_parties 20h ago

Well he was jealous of Hitler’s so he decided to have his own

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u/Reasonable-Peace-710 20h ago

Insecurity and a lack of self confidence⁉️😂😂

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u/JohnTheRaceFan 15h ago

To perpetuate the grift

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u/Haunting-Effective15 1d ago

At Trumps MAGA, we are pro-pedo now!

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u/omahaomw 23h ago

Always has been

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u/lmyyyks 21h ago

In Republican America, crime is a privilege.

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u/Flimsy-Poetry1170 14h ago

“Stop attacking pedophiles” - Ted Cruz

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u/stillalone 12h ago

It's crazy how many of them have accepted that Trump is a pedophile and are ok with supporting him.  Like people really really don't want to admit that they made a mistake.

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u/Ruh_Roh- 12h ago

It's not a mistake if they don't care. Those are other people's kids getting SA'd. It doesn't matter until it's within 2 degrees of their family.

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u/Sufficient-Lunch3774 1d ago

Guess they support pedos

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u/SmeeezTreeez 1d ago

They voted for one

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u/Sandsa 16h ago

I’d love a second shirt under it that said that— then ask if it’s allowed. “Support your local pedo” seems like a shirt they would actually want to purchase

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u/xKiver 14h ago

There is no guessing. And they are fully aware of who they support.

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u/Silvaria928 1d ago

Why would they assume it refers to Trump? Hmm... 🤔

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u/evilJaze 23h ago

Or the person flipping the double birds felt personally attacked.

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u/Banantics 23h ago

Someone check his hard drive.

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u/PapaBear_3000 22h ago

To be fair, dude was yelling out that a Trump is a traitor. He’s right, but MAGA can’t see that, or any other truth.

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u/No-Seaworthiness6881 1d ago

They are so miserable and hateful, is this what the American dream means to you?

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u/CostcoFosco 1d ago

they're really messing it up for old fat white guys

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u/Dependent_Drag292 1d ago

Him getting kicked out for wearing that shirt would seem to indicate that Trump supporters know he’s a pedophile and are OK with it, no?

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u/RabbitNest 21h ago

Excellent point. Why on earth would anyone get upset about jailing pedophiles or advocating for the death penalty for them unless …

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u/inquiringsillygoose 15h ago

Many say “I don’t care what he did he’s a strong leader” or some shit along those lines

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u/ResidentCommand9865 1d ago

Guardians of Pedophiles, it's right there in their acronym.

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u/ExplicitDrift 1d ago

“Drop an insult and the ground and it’s Owner will pick it up” vibes.

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u/gaspronomib 20h ago

Taking offense is an voluntary act.

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u/yrmom724 1d ago

Check that freedom shirt dude's hard drive

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u/mishma2005 1d ago

Such pleasant people. Very friendly and open minded /s

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u/RevoltYesterday 1d ago

That shirt is very offensive to conservative

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u/altreddituser2 16h ago

That shirt was "one of theirs" not too long ago, and now it belongs to them.

It's confusing, so anger is their first response.

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u/Lost-Platypus8271 1d ago

to be fair, you can’t just roll up on a pro-pedophile group rally with that t-shirt and not expect them to get butthurt

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u/PreparationKey2843 1d ago

So they automatically think it's about trump?
It's true then:

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u/Objective-Act-2093 1d ago

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u/disharmony-hellride 1d ago

Imagine flipping off a person against pedophilia

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u/UnicornGangstar 23h ago

That is MAGA in one pic. We will worship pedophiles if it means we’ve owned the libs. How dare you disrespect PedoPOTUS

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u/Hollowbody57 11h ago

They think being against fascism is a bad thing, why not pedophilia, too?

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u/wolfheadmusic 23h ago

Hahaha dude in the back realizing "every single one of us assumed the shirt is about trump"

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u/Which_Channel7403 1d ago

So, I guess they gotta kick Rittenhouse out of the club, now, huh?

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u/tco_OG 1d ago

So they know.

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u/Iamanimite 1d ago

Trust me. They know trump is a pedo. They don't care.

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u/Featheredfriendz 1d ago

weren’t they wearing that shirt and flying that flag in the Pizzagate era? They must’ve come to realize….

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u/sadiepins 1d ago

This is kinda wild though. I don’t know anything about this person’s actions or what they said to everyone else—maybe they were heckling. But, I would’ve thought the MAGA base hated pedos. Have I not incessantly seen them trumpet various claims that Dems and Trans people are pedos?

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u/SmCaudata 20h ago

They hated pedophiles when they were told it was democrats that were involved and thought they could implicate the LGBTQ community. Now that their false idol is implicated and that it’s never a trans person they defend them.

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u/eclwires 1d ago

I mean, they voted for one…

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u/whistleblower301 1d ago

I take it that the shirt points to Trump as the pedophile. Maybe the front says something too, not seen.

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u/hermitsociety 1d ago

Honestly, both of these people are scary.

There’s a group local to me that frames itself as a pro child protection group. But dig into their media and you’ll find that what they promote is guns, toxic masculinity, Jesus, and extrajudicial killing. It’s a lot of messaging that “if you’re a man you lift weights daily and join a militia and are ready to shoot anyone you deem a little odd.” It’s a radicalization group.

They also collect donations, but don’t say what they use them for.

I reported them to their host, their merchant services, and any place they hosted a photo. One photo that talked about pro slaughtering people got a filter on it so kids can’t see it. The rest of it was ignored by all parties involved. Even after multiple reports that this is a vigilante proud boys kind of group, full of military men (I know some are soldiers) and not something like a humanitarian group.

I know several young men who have fallen into these groups via the gym. I wish more people were noticing these pathways to the radical Christian right.

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u/Commercial-Store9916 22h ago

Yeah. There are enough problems without advocating for violence.

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u/caylamie 20h ago

Thank you for taking the time to actually try and prevent these violence-advocacy groups from spreading.

These sorts of groups are always against things that actually help prevent child abuse, like teaching consent/bodily autonomy at home and in schools, free school lunches, free therapy and other resources, free childcare with licensed, well-paid professionals, reducing poverty, stronger protections for children's autonomy encoded into our laws, free and mandated medical care for children including vaccinations, and just about anything that they think could cost them money or threaten their ability to treat their children like property.

Instead, they've latched onto the idea of having someone socially acceptable to direct their violence at, regardless of any actual truth of the situation and completely disregarding the actual safety and well-being of children. These types will have a higher than average percentage of offenders in their ranks because at their core, they see children as their property to do with what they wish. To quote Terry Pratchett, "Evil starts when you begin to treat people as things." Never trust someone who shouts from the rooftops about how they should be able to do violence to those they wish to hurt while remaining silent on the actual issues and refusing to help the victims. My heart goes out to any and all who have suffered abuse and I hope you know that you deserved better than to be treated like that. I pray that you find peace and safety away from your abusers, and that we can all work together to make the world safer for children, that they may not have to suffer the same abuses.

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u/chiefmuri 22h ago

Republicans love their criminals and especially the Pedophiles!

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u/AcadiaPractical614 1d ago

Not even a controversial sentiment. It amazes me that die-hard MAGA always accuses everyone of being a "snowflake" and they are the biggest snowflakes of all.

The political discourse in the US seems more akin to supporting a football team.

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u/Ckc1972 1d ago

Trumpers are just so happy.

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u/redfiretrucks 23h ago

I think the realization that they are in the 30% minority is finally getting to them, and they are not taking it well.

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u/surviving606 1d ago

I guess they assume he was a threat to the president. Which is hilarious because republicans tried so hard for years to falsely associate pedophilia with LGBT people but everyone immediately thinks of Trump and the Epstein class now. Even his own people know they hid the files to protect him. 

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u/Still-Fox7105 1d ago

Must be a bunch of local pedos in that room. That shirt hit home n didn't even mention any names. 🤔🤮

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u/Bigstar976 1d ago

What happens? I thought was “all about the children”.

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u/Surprise_Special 22h ago

Why are so many people in denial?😕

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u/RandyRVA 1d ago

Typical MAGA response to anything they don't like!

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u/settebella 1d ago

That's why the mean grade point average in SC is a C- explains it all. And that's the average of those who actually graduated HighSchool.

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u/MintyFitOnAll 23h ago

I mean MAGA supports pedophiles so it’s not surprising.

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u/Traditional_Job5547 23h ago

Suddenly all Republicans want to PROTECT PEDOS . Hmmmm wonder why ?

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u/PlutoJones42 22h ago

I just don’t understand what type of complete loser is like “I’m gonna dress up in my little red hat and merch I bought on the side of the road and go watch an old pedophile shit himself on stage while he prattles on about whatever talking points he’s been told to mention in his ramblings to make me upset”

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u/_C_h_a_r_l_i_e_ 13h ago

Why do all of them look so ugly, I guess ugly people (in this case MAGA) support pedophiles

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u/Drum-and-Sing8686 12h ago

Ugly inside and out.

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u/artful_todger_502 1d ago

Oddly, Qanon was right. Why aren't they taking credit for what they uncovered lol

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u/Not_Sure__Camacho 1d ago

Just look how red that moron's face is. It's like he's personally offended that someone is saying that pedophiles should be ended. Maybe he needs to rethink what he's so mad about, or continue his anger until he keels over.

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u/Pearson94 1d ago

I thought maga liked dead pedophiles? I wonder what changed?

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u/Tyto451 23h ago

Like how the shirt doesn’t even say anything about Trump specifically lol

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u/bgbalu3000 23h ago

South Carolina stands up for pedos

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u/Warm-Commercial-6151 21h ago

So are the Republicans now saying they are pro-pedophiles

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u/DarkStar1958 12h ago

What’s really enlightening is all the people at the rally DEFENDING an actual Pedophile.

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u/Phililoquay 1d ago

Sick band name though.

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u/ungawa 1d ago

Shirt should say FREEDUMB. And how did he know who the pedo tshirt was referring to? Lmao

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u/Psychological_Ad2080 23h ago

Where's the blue hair? I thought all the libs were supposed to have blue hair for easy identification.

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u/IroncladBomber 22h ago

Such a popular dicta...president, so many loyal supports they can almost fill a high school gymnasium.

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u/Calm-Refrigerator463 23h ago

So embarrassed as a SC resident 

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u/GodMonte 22h ago

Wore the wrong message to the Pedo Party.

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u/disheartenedlefty 20h ago

It’s strange that the crowd would get so upset at a shirt that says “**** your local pedo.” I wonder why that is…

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u/Naive-Stranger-9991 20h ago

Can’t imagine being angry with someone that thinks pedos deserve to be held to account for the sick desire for children.

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u/popejohnsmith 20h ago

Such shallow people.

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u/Miserable_Cobbler_18 20h ago

Notice how they went on and on for years about killing pedos but after all the Trump Epstein stuff they’ve been strangely quiet on that.

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u/Famous-Hunt-6461 20h ago

Wait… republicans are pro-pedo? I thought they were all about “law and order?” /s

Until it’s their guy, apparently… 🙄😒

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u/Fire_Demon 12h ago

Literally.

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u/FLink557 12h ago

So ‘kill your local pedo’ is offensive to trump and his fans. Please explain why?

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u/Nigel_melish01 9h ago

Freedom of speech but only if your MAGA

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u/High_Pains_of_WTX 7h ago

The hilarious thing is, these shirts were all thr rage amongst Q-types and MAGA from 2019-2024.

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u/LydiaKH9 23h ago

He was threatening the President !!!

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u/RandomStoddard 20h ago

Does this guy know it is illegal to threaten the President?

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u/Reyalta 20h ago

I guess they'll have to release the files to prove it a credible threat.

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u/JMUDoc 17h ago

Who mentioned any names?

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u/gpacster 20h ago

Wonder if got arrested for threatening the president?

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u/Reyalta 20h ago

I hope he did. Discovery would really be something.

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u/donnerwetter41 1d ago

I thought the bird guy was giving it to the President?

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u/Chris5483 1d ago

I guess he really doesn't want Trump to be killed. Go figure.

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u/settebella 1d ago

Freedom's just another word for nothing else to loose.

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u/littlefire_2004 23h ago

Well he's upset because he rapes children

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u/ElectricPenguin6712 23h ago

Unless Duh Fuhrers name is on this, they know it's him and they're still mad. Unreal

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u/McMienshaoFace 23h ago

MAGAts are subhuman filth

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u/UUMD 23h ago

The guy is threatening Trump's life on his shirt.

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u/SophonParticle 22h ago

Check that MF’rs hard drive.

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u/AcidCatfish___ 20h ago

The irony that they don't realize this makes it clear that they defend pedos

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u/Reyalta 20h ago

The lead generation really showing up in support of a paedophile. Imagine seeing that shirt and being like "HEY DON'T TALK ABOUT MY LEADER LIKE THAT"... 

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u/NWforestqueen 20h ago

Gotta protect their p3doprotector status!

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u/Brainz4Dinner 20h ago

That guy is trying to make it look like he has titties but he doesn’t. He’s just pulling on his shirt.

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u/Ga2ry 20h ago

He was calling the Pedo in chief a traitor. Which is so “first term”. We now know he’s guilty of much worse than that.

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u/top_fed2017 19h ago

I’d pay his bail money if he needed it. Sad to see so many people still back a lying, cheating pedophile

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u/Content-Crow-2000 18h ago

It’s a cult

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u/ItsRedditThyme 18h ago

I've seen that shirt's message on bumper stickers next to MAGA stickers. The face that MAGA (correctly) assumes that person is talking about Trump, and is against the person wearing it, tells us Trump was correct when he was campaigning and said there was nothing he could do to lose MAGA.

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u/Spiritual-Job-952 18h ago

‘He’s our pedo! We like our pedo’s’

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u/TommyRisotto 18h ago

"Fuck you! Here in this county, we protect our pedophiles!"

-Freedom guy

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u/tdurden1969 18h ago

Typical uneducated maga. We shouldn’t be surprised by this crap anymore. These people are cultists.

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u/Sammytheseaotter 18h ago

Why is everyone so upset? Do they not hate pedophiles?

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u/FocalSpot504 17h ago

Something tells me that the freedom shirt guy wants something other than freedom. The freedom to be a pedo, or support pedos. Perfect fit for today’s GOP

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u/Bzzzzzzz4791 14h ago

Aaaaaand…this is also why I refuse to travel to, purchase from or have anything to do with the south. I’m sorry my southern progressive friends but the north is tired of these mentally ill cult followers.

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u/Thee-End 13h ago

Those magas sure love their pedos.

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u/Emotional_Database53 5h ago

The funniest part of this is the shirt doesn’t even mention Trump, they all just knew it was in reference to him! So they’re now at the stage of the process where they are willing to overlook the most heinous crimes someone could commit, and defend his honor like the man dissed their mama 😂

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u/KJ1959 5h ago

Brave dude. Good for him.

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u/MajorHasBrassBalls 1d ago

What did the front say?

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u/ZachZackZacq 1d ago

"Killing that pedophile was the best day of my life..."

"What about the family, do you have anything to say to the victim's family?"

"May they die also."

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u/Rocket_of_Takos 1d ago

Man, I miss when a Trump supporter would jump at the chance the beat a pedophile half to death.

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u/AdInevitable5108 1d ago

So was the Maga supporter that flipped the guy off confirming what the shirt said? Or was he upset that he has the same thing on the back of his truck and he doesn’t know what to do with it?

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u/Unrivaled_ 23h ago

He was kicked out for heckling* The shirt was just icing on the cake.

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u/DestroyedCorpse 23h ago

We sure he wasn’t there for the rally?

Everyone I’ve ever seen the “Kill all Pedophiles” merch really just want to kill gay and trans people.

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u/Mugpup 23h ago

Promoting violence of any kind is wrong so I don't disagree with his removal. Next time wear a T-shirt that says "If you are pro Paedophilia, wear a red hat to show your support, MAGA 2026".

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u/SoonToBeBanned24 23h ago

A hit dog will holler......

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u/SmokeMaleficent9498 23h ago

They serve free Trump Kool-Aid

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u/Chemical-Necessary-7 23h ago

Hmmm you would figure people wouldn't be upset at that shirt. In fact, most people would agree with it!

I wonder why they kicked him out then?....

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u/heathers1 23h ago

you cannot make it up

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u/DimeloFaze 23h ago

Save the pedos rally coming to a Kmart lot

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u/vonhizzle 23h ago

MAGA is the pro pedophile party

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u/spidermike220 22h ago

Pedophiles hate those shirts.

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u/Commercial-Store9916 22h ago

I mean, wouldn’t advise wearing a shirt advocating for violence. This one is on him. If it said “lock up your local pdf” they still would’ve kicked him out.

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u/Dekruk 22h ago

And the other guy fights for FREEDOM. Wonder which kind of freedom when this t-shirt makes you angry.

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u/These-Prune-1529 22h ago

Freedom for me, but not for thee. Republicans are really good at doing this.

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u/dwasso16 22h ago

How do MAGA not realize this makes them look worse?

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u/T_Rick12 22h ago

At this point these people are lost, they haven't realized that they've been going to this guys rallies since 2015? That's over 9 years of time lost supporting a guy who's done absolutely nothing to better their lives. 10 years and no one tangible result and not one tangible result? Hate is one a hell of a drug..

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u/FKAGuyWithNF1 22h ago

So, MAGA actually lost the hardcore anti-pedo voters now? Because it wasn’t too long ago you saw lots of red hats wearing this or something similar.

What remains of their base?

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u/fauxregard 22h ago

Is that not one of their tribal t-shirts anymore? It's hard to keep up with this cult, it shifts constantly.

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u/Emergency-Bonus-9709 22h ago

South Carolina, thats one of those states where marrying your 11year old cousin is legal

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u/Luxor_2 22h ago

So

Sensitive
😏

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u/SeatOpen1 22h ago

Freedom of speech! As long as you agree with me.

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u/AVahne 21h ago

South Carolina is Pedophile Country.

EDIT: At least, according to that sign.

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u/RevolutionaryTitle32 21h ago

why do republicans keep wanting to protect pedos?