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[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 27 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

No he won't. Who is going to hold him accountable. A sternly written headline?

You people have twice the outrage of the right with not even half of their ability to act on it.

[–] BeBopaLula@piefed.ca 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

People just don’t get it. The states are now a fascist country.

There’s nobody to go to complain to anymore and even less people that would do anything about it. If you do you will be shipped off to Gitmo.

Give it 6 months and you will be hauled off by the Georgie and Dim on every city street corner for giving them the side glance unless they are off in the alleys robbing or worse between arrests.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago

It's not that they don't have the ability to act on it. They have that. It's the determination they don't have.

I keep waiting for American citizens to wake up to the reality that posting memes and snarky messages on the internet isn't going to overthrow fascism. Voting in midterms isn't going to overthrow it either. You have to get off your ass and do something.

Organize. Resist. Obstruct. Strike.

Fight like your life, or your neighbour's life depends on it, because they very well might.

[–] maximumbird@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I hope this dip shit gets another fucking brain worm that finishes the job the last one left behind.

[–] BootyBuccaneer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

I think you need quite a few worms for that. Make it an infestation and slowly calcificy whatever's left of the old geezer's brain.

[–] Lon3star@lemmy.world 32 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

And no recourse will occur

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Maybe he will get luigid by a grieving parent?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Unless he is convicted for each death personally, no he won't:

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 hours ago

He'll be responsible, but there will be no consequences.

[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

experts say

As do a freaking load of rational, responsible, normal-thinking, reasonable regular non-expert people NOT addled by heroin, brainworms, and just bog-standard stupidity.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 10 points 14 hours ago

He is already responsible for dozens of children dying of measles in Samoa, although he won't admit responsibility.

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 6 points 13 hours ago

responsible? yes. Held responsible? absolutely not. not in the entire decade that rubber-faced demon has left on earth. he will not admit, change, or pay recompense for shit

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 hours ago

He looks like he’s take a shit.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago

Man I'm not allowed to kill a fetus but he can kill kids?

[–] JTskulk@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

I wish there a way he could kill children without risking my health.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 4 points 14 hours ago

this is stated as if they or their voters will care...

[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Stop, he can only get so erect.

[–] PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

But he’ll feel validated…