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Republican election chief accused of slipping MDMA, cocaine into granddaughters’ ice cream
(www.rawstory.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2025
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This is a wild story, dude flag down an officer at the gas station, told him he thought somebody drugged his grandkids ice cream. Didn't realize there was surveillance.
100% he was gonna claim it was a (((Democrat))) or a (((liberal))). Those that know know.
Best not to use white supremacy symbols and signals though
Delusion is the solution to pollution, by using them outside of the context you removed the power from them so I’m all for it, unless I’m wrong lol
The whole point is that it's likely about white supremacy. And that people should be aware of it and it's language. For those that don't know.
Today I learned
I definitely agree that educating people about these symbols is important and positive, but just... using them... is not a good method?
"Those that know know" ??? directly contradicts your stated intention
The intention was to instigate discussion. Which it did. Otherwise it would have been just another link that someone might have skimmed over.
Using it would have been treating it as a secret code that it is and not highlighting it. By highlighting it Etc the only way it was being used was as an example for people to inform themselves and learn from. Used to see that sort of bullshit all the time over on Reddit. Thankfully Lemmy is a better space.
Had no clue about them, so TIL because of your post.
i respect the attempt but i don't think this worked, personally
At least one person has. And one more aware of always a good thing.
The world and what is going on makes so much more sense when you have a basic understanding of Republican code speak and dog whistles. Like how Republicans are currently dispatching National Guard from states with high crime, to states with lower crime. Claiming that it's about crime. On the face of it it doesn't make any sense. Unless you understand that they've turned the word crime into a dog whistle / code word for black/brown/Jewish/liberal etc. When it comes to Republicans everything is about racism and white supremacy. Granted echoing is a bit more esoteric and slightly less common code / dog whistle from them.
I had no idea, thank you. I know I’ve seen it before and just assumed it was artistic writing. I’m way too fucking naive for this world
It did for at least 2 of us.
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I don't think its the best way to go about it, yeah. You can educate people about it without just using the symbols
It got you to say something so it clearly made an impact so what were you saying again?
Getting someone "to say something" is the goal of trolling.
The commenter did the equivalent of throwing sieg heils in public and winking ("those who know know" ??), then being like "I'm just raising awareness! It got you to say something!"
OIC. Thank you for clarifying
I just have to wonder "why"? What's the end goal. Risk your grandchild's safety to sue a Dairy Queen? It doesn't make sense.
There's no telling what his intentions were here.
It could have been politically motivated.
He could have dementia.
Maybe he was high on cocaine and ecstasy, and wanted to share.
Not enough details are available right now.
The fact that he flagged down a cop to tell them about it makes it pretty clear that he wasn't really looking to drug them per se, but rather to cause a legal incident. It may be that he wanted to sue Dairy Queen for profit, or perhaps get someone at the DQ store in trouble, or to blame it on a political group he deems undesirable (immigrant workers, trans people, liberals, etc.). In any event, it's psychopathic.
One theory is the girls found the pill inside and he tried to cover it up.
Heres an idea, he was gonna drug them for some trump style picture taking but the kids found the drugs, then he was trapped and had to report it (trying to blame it on someone else) and didnt realize he was caught on surveillance putting the drugs there himself.
Yes, I am your bearded granddaughter, and I'll take a vanilla and medicine flavored ice cream, please.
Could be Münchhausen by proxy.