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[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

This is simply a way to arrest anyone they wish. The question isn't, "How do they prove you're a member of an anti-fascist organization?", it's how do you prove you're not?. And you have many months in prison waiting for your trial to think about that.

Relevant Robot Chicken

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Uhm. This is several months old. It was signed in September.

[–] SomeRandomNoob@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you are anti-antifa you are (pro) fa

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think that's the idea. Trump has basically just said "if you oppose fascism you are our enemy."

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 months ago

It's like when Ilhan Omar said in Somalia they execute pedophiles, not elect them, and then the pedophile protection party got mad lol

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Can we be fascists in our treatment of fascists? I mean, the gulags already exist. It would be wasteful not to use them for something

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If only it was an organization.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

that's the beauty of this scheme, they can just accuse anybody to be members of a fictional org

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

It's carte blanche to arrest anyone they want for "national security" reasons.

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

"Cartel de la Sol"

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 11 points 2 months ago

Next up, they declare themselves fascists and arrest all their opponents.

This a joke but these fucking clowns…who knows.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought he did this already

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah it's from September lol

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

die Guess I'm a terrorist now

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Greetings fellow domestic terrorists! 😎

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Old pedophile yells at cloud.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago