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LA Protesters Aren’t Inviting Violent Authoritarianism, They’re Mobilizing to Stop It
(theintercept.com)
this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
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This is not an invasion of our land, these are democratic protests. There is a huge difference between Russia sending bombs to bomb LA and Americans protesting. If Russia sends bombs, fuck them up.
And if America sends bombs to LA?
Okay, then violence is a good response, since it's a defense.
And those bombs are in the form of the military policing American citizens on American soil, right now, so…?
You first, make sure to take lots of video.
I’ve done my part for 25+ years; at this point I’m not sticking my neck out for folks who allowed this to happen while they sit back consequence free. They broke it, they can fix it.
Stop promoting violence ffs.
Because fascism will stop with kind words, got it.
It is very rare for the president to send the National Guard into a state without the governor's cooperation. The last time was when LBJ used it to protect pro civil rights protestors in Alabama.
Unfortunately, Trump's goal in LA is not so well-intentioned, it's to establish authority so ICE can continue disappearing citizens without due process. It is, for all intents and purposes of the word, an invasion. Thing is, if Newsom attempts to intervene, Trump would loooove to arrest him for treason. And if they do nothing, and protestors step aside, ICE will just continue disappearing people, moving state to state, pushing and pushing, further and further, hoping that someone gives him an excuse to escalate.