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[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So all it takes is a single submarine sandwich to the chest of a single federal officer? To quote the classic film Independence Day:

Now we know how to take them out, General. Spread the word.

Get on the wire to every squadron around the world. Tell 'em how to bring those sons of bitches down.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

A hero sandwich.

[–] Zagam@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago

There's a pedo joke in here somewhere. Jared was a pedo and a spokesman for subway. Now Taco is bailing on cops because of a subway sub. It's here somewhere, I just can't find it.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Spread the word.

Spread the mayo.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lmao.. TACO All the fucking way!

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TACO

Stop egging on fascism for fuck's sake.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Mocking fascism is correct. It's one of the only things that gets to fascists

Trump isn't being goaded into any of this, they will always find an excuse. They want to feel strong. They want you to feel afraid. If you give them an inch they will take a mile

But they can be defeated by throwing a sandwich at them. They are actually the most delicate little snowflakes in existence

They're plenty dangerous, but they're totally unserious too

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's one of the only things that gets to fascists

How the fuck does "getting to them" help me?!

This isn't a joke! People's lives are at stake here. MY life is at stake here. Stop fucking mocking people and start taking this shit seriously.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 16 hours ago

No, I get it. Seriously. Every day I'm afraid I'm going to get a call that a family member is in a camp. It's maddening that people aren't taking this seriously

People are puzzles to me. I don't believe in evil as a force - so I've put in a lot of thought and done a lot of prodding... What makes these people tick?

They're scared, and they want to feel strong. They do that through belief in a strongman, they do it through dressing like someone strong, they do it through projecting all their problems on the vulnerable and covering their fear with hatred

They're still (mostly) men armed with guns, but they've put on the trappings of strength. But they are not strong.

If you let them feel strong, they'll never stop. They'll beat people down in the streets. They'll put people in inhuman conditions. They'll keep going until someone gets grievously injured, but then they turn back into little bitches. They'll kill en masse though cruelty and incompetence, they don't have the juice to carry out their ideals directly

They need your fear. If you don't fear them, they'll be nervous about a 20 to 1 confrontation, even unarmed 2 or 3 people can turn back an ice raid by walking at them menacingly

Mocking them pops the illusion early. If they don't feel strong in all their tacticool gear and numbers, they run. If they don't feel safe behind their masks, they quit. These are not soldiers, our actual soldiers are maliciously complying with all this

It was the same with the Nazis, and this is a pale imitation of them. The Nazis killed themselves out of fear and PTSD at incredible rates.

Mocking them at every turn is a very effective way to keep each other safe.

[–] C4551E@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it's also why they were so bothered when everyone was calling them weird. They're afraid of change, and incapable of questioning their worldview. That's why being weird is such a terrifying prospect for them: because if it's true, then they're wrong about a lot of things.

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

What does that have to do with "stop egging them on"?

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 16 hours ago

It doesn't matter if you egg them on or not. They literally invent reasons to act, every time. Who cares if their justifications are based on goading?

Not their base - they don't care about facts. Not the courts - everything they do is already illegal.

Only the Democrats care, and it comes from a place of sane washing the Fascists. Only the people who accept the framing of the "mandate" and "we have to get the criminal illegals out"

It's not a real problem, it's the uniparty's dying gasps

[–] Guitarfun@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

First Trump unleashed a horde of violent idiots that beats the shit out of DC police officers, then he takes over their jurisdiction. If I were an officer in DC I'd be pretty fucking bitter.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ksigley@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The voice of a generation.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Maaaybe this is a good thing. Decent citizens need to keep pushing back on every illegal thing Trump does, or one of them might be the straw that breaks his back. And there are so many straws.

But we also can't act like Trump is doing us a favor by doing some crazy thing and then undoing it a few days later.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 22 hours ago

Total noncompliance if possible, malicious compliance if not.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A TACO even at home, what a loser

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 0 points 22 hours ago

He just gave control to the military instead.

Enough with the TACO shit. They are serious. Saying "TACO" doesn't help anyone but Russia.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

It's a baloney taco!

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Congress sets policy for dc. They'll probably just replace her with a stooge.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

just a distraction from epstein.