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Trump’s RNC Takeover Is on the Brink of Becoming a ‘Purge’ (www.thedailybeast.com)

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From top to bottom, the national GOP organization could soon be rid of anyone seen as insufficiently MAGA.

First came the internal grumbling about Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.

Then came McDaniel’s decision to step down from her post at the end of February as she lost the support of Donald Trump.

After that came Trump’s move to put forward a slate of loyalists to take over the party’s top spots—including an election-denying state party chair, a Trump campaign senior adviser, and the former president’s own daughter-in-law.

Next could come the purge.

“I think within 30 days you’ll see a purge of staffers from the RNC, because it’s a hotbed for anti-Trumpism,” Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist and host of the War Room podcast told The Daily Beast. “That’s the open secret.”

Skeptical holdouts within the RNC have gotten the message: Their days are numbered.

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[-] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You know, you’re right. I may not have been around during those times, but there’s plenty of examples I should have learned from by now (Israel, China x Uyghurs, Germany (WWII), USA (Japanese Internment Camps), etc

There’ll be quiet supporters, loud supporters, secret police (looking at you losers in yellow and black here in the states) all the cards are there really

However I will say that a purge (like the movie?) where everyone is killing each other? Probs not fam.

War isn’t the same as a horror movie trope although they can still be compared of course

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

I don’t think they are invoking the movie. The term purge means to remove unwanted parts of a whole. The movie just takes it to the extreme as it does its central premise

[-] stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 15 points 9 months ago

Yeah I can’t read for shit

[-] Promethiel@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nah. Notice what happened here, it will happen again. The word "purge" has been used as a euphemism for so long that it's simple meaning isn't the first thought anymore.

That programming ran on the moment you read the word, before you even though about the meaning of its inclusion in the context.

This is normal human behavior, and it is exploitable.

You will see Fascism (and the Media reporting throughout fascist times) get really funny with words. You will see fancy small syllable words for all kinds of innocent things, mean other things.

Always question language, it's a tool unto itself.

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