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[–] oppy1984@lemm.ee 15 points 21 hours ago

Breaking into the capital, causing physical damage, attacking police officers, stealing U.S. government property. That's defending democracy.

Standing outside a federal detention center where people are being illegally held. That rebellion.

Welcome to trump's America, peace I'd was, slavery is freedom.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 9 points 21 hours ago
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hopefully the protestors can get organized enough to not be crushed. Good luck, stay safe.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago

People peacefully assembling to exercise their Constitutional rights, and the guy who planned, led, and launched an actual Insurrection which obviously attacked hundreds of cops wants to claim THAT'S a rebellion.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 100 points 1 day ago (6 children)

These people are TOAST! If the Wanted to ACTUALLY Peacefully Protest they SHOULD have just BROKEN the CAPITOL WINDOWS, BEATEN CAPITOL POLICE, POOPED ON THE CAPITOL WALLS and USED WEAPONS!

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 81 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (28 children)

Remember! They wouldn't do this if they didn't think they had to - this government action comes from a place of weakness, not strength.

[–] companero@hexbear.net 37 points 1 day ago (4 children)

They don't have to, though. There's a vast army of pigs in California. Way more than enough to handle protests of this scale.

They're doing this because they want to.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A few protests can be handled by cops, what they're scared of is a repeat of the BLM uprisings. They're trying to get ahead of the problem before it spreads to every city.

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

BLM spread because of police brutality and overreactions. If they are trying to "get ahead of it" by escalating into extreme violence quickly it will only escalate the protests faster.

The way to "get ahead" of BLM and actually subvert it is to do what Joe Biden and the Democrats did. Coopt the peaceful elements of the movement into the corporate, NGO and DNC controlled sphere, alienate and isolate the radicals, give promises of reforms and then never do anything. Every heavy handed thing the Trump administration did only made the protests in 2020 worse for them.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

I didn't say it would work, I'm just saying that this is their plan. Make people too afraid to protest.

That's clearly their plan for the anti-genocide protests, after all.

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Some of the cities are sanctuary cities and the mayors have ordered the local PD to stand down and not join ICE/DHS.

Bringing in the National Guard is a way to circumvent that and get ICE reinforcements without having to do the slow legal confrontations to dismantle what's left of sanctuary cities

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No it comes from long experience of knowing they will get away with it.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

feeling like fascist martial law. who could have seen it coming. i bet brandon would have stopped it. not socialists though, socialism is evil. 🙄

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Remember when libs kept promising us the military would never use violence against the American people? Remember how they said if a tyrant became president the military would refuse orders to harm fellow Americans?

God it would be funny if there wasn't a literal genocide that needed to be ended first.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

"Remember when libs kept promising us the military would never use violence against the American people? "

Was this before or after the Kent State Massacre?

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

That possum comatose thing will stop him for sure! Drumf is finished!

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

You're telling me people who join the brown people murder brigade have no scrupules?

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 82 points 1 day ago (2 children)

OoooooooooK. So, who wants to start a betting pool on which day this week we get martial law? Price is Right rules?

Imma say Tuesday.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 67 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is basically a declaration of it.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 40 points 1 day ago (3 children)

OK, so I'll put you down for Monday?

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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 64 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you choose to go out to help, sharpie the number of a local legal non profit helpline on your arm and leave your phone at home. Bring a sharpie to write the number on others arms. Mask up. Solidarity and safety, my friends.

[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (4 children)

To me, this looks like yet another sign that the current regime is striving for tyranny. That, in turn, would probably mean civil war, unless US citizens are willing to accept the end of democracy.

At least, that's how it looks to me, a European. Do you feel the same way?

I mean, it's pretty obvious that the US government doesn't care about the law. And then, to top it all off, there's this ridiculous military parade for Drump's birthday ... only someone with dictator ambitions would do something like that.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 65 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah, the LA "riots" where super tame by riot AND LA standards. Like, they didn't even have to bust out the water cannons. A skateboarder tanked some tear gas and flipped them off. It's not like a bunch of people stormed the capitol building or something. This is the flimsiest excuse ever for martial law, so I have to assume it's another step towards tyranny.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Apparently storming the capitol building is cool with this administration though

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[–] Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

To me this has been pretty obvious since they started following the Project 2025 manifesto line by line

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[–] jack@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We need to do a literal fucking revolution

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hope the libs will finally realize this.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

No they're telling people to be non-violent and to wave the American flag and not the Mexican flag

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago

Yep, figures

[–] scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Well, my reading of 10 U.S. Code § 12406 argues that he's full of shit. This is a law written in case of invasion.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 26 points 1 day ago

Wow the bourgeoisie is abusing their system of law which they and only they maintain a full monopoly of and theres nothing anyone can do to stop them from deciding it means whatever they want it to mean???

Who could have seen that coming!

[–] jack@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh shit, send him a letter to let him know!

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[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

You’re so wrong. Well technically absolutely correct. However since might makes it right… you’re wrong since no one is standing up to stop it.

National protest. Shut down the Interstates. Hit them where it counts. Stocks and cash

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The irony of the Jan 6 guy doing this lol

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago

Most honest US politician says unlimited force to protect his elevated position is fine, but the tiniest amount of force protesting that position is illegal terrorism.

[–] choco_crispies@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] sudo_halt@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 day ago

I have friends everywhere?

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)

As American of an act as George Washington murdering Americans protesting a tax on whiskey.

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[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The funny consequences about labeling everything as an act of rebellion is that everything suddenly becomes an act of rebellion. The door opens and now we have to deal with rebels everywhere.

ICE cant be everywhere getting everyone because there is a fucking rebellion, so that means there are captured rebels in court, on trail, with jurors ... when the rebels start getting found not guilty by their local courts they are no longer rebels ... what are they? Revolutionists.

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[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And what's a riot? Well you see, if a shopping cart is on fire then that's a riot. If the police show up in riot gear then that's a riot. If people stand up for their rights then that's a riot.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

If people are in zoot suits, that’s a riot.

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Get ready for another Kent State massacre x1000

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