After the motives of Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma bombing became clear, William Cooper who had inspired McVeigh became uncomfortable. He knew some people were pointing fingers at his organization. But Cooper admitted nothing. Instead, he doubled down. He said, “They are in the process of attempting to propagandize the American people to believe that patriots bombed the building in Oklahoma City. No patriots would ever attack this nation. That’s what the word “patriot” means.”
Just like Donald Trump and his Trumpsters said after the attacks on the American capitol on January 6th 2021. Those could not have been patriots they said. Even though the rioters talked like Trump’s patriots, walked like Trump patriots and looked like Trump patriots presumably they were different.
He did not just say his movement was innocent, he claimed that the government was guilty. The government did it to discredit patriots, he said. He also called it a “sting operation to suck patriots into conducting an illegal act.” It was all part of a conspiracy to bring about a one world socialist government. Does this not all sound very familiar?
Again, the same attempt to deflect people from the truth was made by Trumpsters after January 6th when they said the government was responsible. They called it a false flag operation, suggesting that the government or Antifa was actually behind the riot. Later they even denied there was a riot. Just a bunch of rambunctious tourists they said.
All of this is crazy, but what continues to amaze, is how Trump supporters believe this junk. In FantasyLand that is possible quite easily. When you live in FantasyLand, no belief is too crazy to be believed.