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But wearing cargo shorts, red arm bands, brandishing weapons, bringing IED's, dressing in upper body tacticool clothing, and storming the capital looking to hang Mike Pence is just good ol' fashioned protesting right?
Wilhoit's Law:
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
Correct.
"Say, since you're already all dressed up to play the part, President Trump has another important mission he needs you to take care of. You ever been to Iran?"
I mean, I kind of wish that would be the scenario. That would be doing what Covid didn't.
That's definitely the scenario. It's not going to be just Trump supporters, but making pro-war military propaganda an inescapable aspect of civilian life is meant to help normalize forever wars.
If you grow up knowing nothing but a world where forever war is the norm, and a dictator just does whatever the fuck he wants, then by comparison whatever Trump, (or Vance, or Rubio, or Hegseth, or whoever the next polished turd is that oligarchs choose to be his replacement), does next, always seems a little less outrageous than what he did the time before. It just becomes the new normal.
It's hard to believe there are some people who honestly think there's just no way Trump (or whoever is next) would reinstate the draft because it would be "political suicide." People would be out in the streets again.
I remember hearing my parents and older family members saying shit like that. They also didn't think there would be any way Roe vs. Wade would be overturned in their lifetime. Or that America would ever see a repeat of something like Kent State. But it happened. It just becomes the new normal.
Iran looked very different before the CIA intervened. We were always told that the religious fundamentalism that took hold was a consequence of a failed U.S. intervention, but I'm pretty sure things went according to somebody's plan.
It's never been that religious fundamentalism (in Iran or the U.S.) is actually important to the religious values of those who use it to control others. It's important to preserving a conservative heirarchy. The Americans who created the Iranian revolution viewed themselves as Gods (or at least as close to God as humanly possible within the heirarchy of humans) meant to control and lead the rest of society. They recognized a long time ago that religion and nationalism are simply the tools that enable them to shape and control a society into their image.
Tldr: You might not fall for the propaganda, but keep in mind that others will. Once they get to a certain point of enmeshment, it becomes like trying to bring a brainwashed cult member back to reality.
Bet the judge was wearing black.
Bet the cops are too
I guess I'm going to have to change my wardrobe, almost everything I wear is black. There's a bit of color on my black sneakers, though, I'm not completely rigid about it.
Ever look on a New Yorker's closet? Almost all black, with a little color hanging at the end. For holidays, I guess.
Coming for the Amish, are they?
The jury now has an opportunity to do a funny thing
In Texas? That'd be nice.
Fashion police? In my Nazi party? More likely than you think.
Goths vs Nazis rumble on the construction site for the new white house high school gymnasium.
The Outsiders 2026
If you listen closely you can hear a bald eagle being mutilated. Fuck this shit
This is why I say the best protest outfit is a clown costume. One: big baggy clothes that you can hide body armor and other utilities underneath. Two: face paint that hides you from facial recognition. And three: the cops are gonna look like idiots beating a clown.
And if you want a fourth reason, your friends can paint all your faces the same so you’re harder to identify in the crowd.
They don’t care that they look cruel, cruelty is the point. They gassed an inflatable frog, choked out high schoolers, dog-piled Captain America, shot clergy, and show zero restraint around children and the elderly. Even before Trump they have savaged POC, women, LGBTQ, and teenagers with mohawks. Shame requires both a sense of right and wrong as well as some sort of consequence to make it work. Cops have been given carte blanche to be violent, and even if they do it for pleasure rather than the state will have their actions publicly defended by the state, and their moral compass is “might is right”.
No matter how one dresses or what actions they engage in during a protest, the new definition of terrorism is defying and disagreeing with the regime. Had the defendants all dressed like clowns the prosecution would have made the case that dressing like a clown is terrorism.
The last part is the main point of wearing all black.
your friends can paint all your faces the same
That would be plagiarism!
One clown, one egg!
And three: the cops are gonna look like idiots beating a clown.
Not a clown with body armor and other utilities. You just end up making Juggaloes a terrorist organization.
You just end up making Juggalos a terrorist organization.
It's all upside then!
Didn't the courts already determine that like a decade ago? Not saying I agree with it, but I seem to remember this already being a thing.
The armor and utilities go under the suit. By the time the truth comes out the cops already look stupider.
By the time truth comes out once, you've just condemned clowndom.
Edit: Unless you are considering making it an official military uniform of a breakaway political faction, in which case you've just rewritten the meaning of "send in the clowns".
Everyone who joins our military is already a clown, so why not make it official
Yes, I am in fact suggesting that.
Clown ~~car~~ APC, deploy
Whoop whoop!
Nazis..
Well, you wonder why I always dress in black Why you never see bright colors on my back And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town I wear it for the prisoner who is long paid for his crime
But is there because he's a victim of the times I wear the black for those who've never read Or listened to the words that Jesus said About the road to happiness through love and charity
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back Up front there ought to be a man in black
Trump: He's a terrorist. Lock him up and throw away the key.
Well obviously he's a terrorist, he implied that prisoners are capable of having paid for their crime
In for a penny, in for a pound.
If they're going to bring such heavy charges carrying such serious prison time for typical protesting actions (or apparel‽) it might just convince some people that any restraint is unnecessary and to "earn" their sentences. I get that the current assumption is that is the unspoken goal to claim additional legal power but there doesn't seem to be much hope left that things won't escalate there even without a "proper" inciting incident.
An interrobang‽ In the wild‽ Thank you for that!
I have a shortcut on my phone that every time I type a question mark followed by an exclamation mark it changes to the ‘bang. It’s fun.
This whole time people thought cops were racist. Who knew? Turns out they don't hate black PEOPLE, they just hate the color black! Totally different type of hate!
........ugh. All jokes aside, we live on the dumbest planet. I'd leave if I could.
Rock is not a crime
the more they use that term, the less meaning it has.
This is their strategy. Whenever the right is doing something vile, they will repeatedly accuse the left of committing the same sort of acts. They will scream long and loud that the left is committing terrorist acts, and with the power of the accusation weakened by overuse, they can simply hand-wave away any similar accusation leveled at them. They've been doing this kind of thing for a long time now. "Every accusation is a confession" isn't just an amusing observation. It's literally their strategy.
