Breaking into the capital, causing physical damage, attacking police officers, stealing U.S. government property. That's defending democracy.
Standing outside a federal detention center where people are being illegally held. That rebellion.
Welcome to trump's America, peace I'd was, slavery is freedom.
These people are TOAST! If the Wanted to ACTUALLY Peacefully Protest they SHOULD have just BROKEN the CAPITOL WINDOWS, BEATEN CAPITOL POLICE, POOPED ON THE CAPITOL WALLS and USED WEAPONS!
Maybe even shit on a desk?
Remember! They wouldn't do this if they didn't think they had to - this government action comes from a place of weakness, not strength.
They don't have to, though. There's a vast army of pigs in California. Way more than enough to handle protests of this scale.
They're doing this because they want to.
A few protests can be handled by cops, what they're scared of is a repeat of the BLM uprisings. They're trying to get ahead of the problem before it spreads to every city.
BLM spread because of police brutality and overreactions. If they are trying to "get ahead of it" by escalating into extreme violence quickly it will only escalate the protests faster.
The way to "get ahead" of BLM and actually subvert it is to do what Joe Biden and the Democrats did. Coopt the peaceful elements of the movement into the corporate, NGO and DNC controlled sphere, alienate and isolate the radicals, give promises of reforms and then never do anything. Every heavy handed thing the Trump administration did only made the protests in 2020 worse for them and empowered the radicals.
No it comes from long experience of knowing they will get away with it.
OoooooooooK. So, who wants to start a betting pool on which day this week we get martial law? Price is Right rules?
Imma say Tuesday.
If you choose to go out to help, sharpie the number of a local legal non profit helpline on your arm and leave your phone at home. Bring a sharpie to write the number on others arms. Mask up. Solidarity and safety, my friends.
To me, this looks like yet another sign that the current regime is striving for tyranny. That, in turn, would probably mean civil war, unless US citizens are willing to accept the end of democracy.
At least, that's how it looks to me, a European. Do you feel the same way?
I mean, it's pretty obvious that the US government doesn't care about the law. And then, to top it all off, there's this ridiculous military parade for Drump's birthday ... only someone with dictator ambitions would do something like that.
Yeah, the LA "riots" where super tame by riot AND LA standards. Like, they didn't even have to bust out the water cannons. A skateboarder tanked some tear gas and flipped them off. It's not like a bunch of people stormed the capitol building or something. This is the flimsiest excuse ever for martial law, so I have to assume it's another step towards tyranny.
Apparently storming the capitol building is cool with this administration though
To me this has been pretty obvious since they started following the Project 2025 manifesto line by line
Yes, I see it the same way. But it seems that implementation is now imminent, and I fear that resistance will be necessary, because soon it will probably be too late.
I'm from Germany, and the actions of the US government remind me eerily of the rise of the Nazis in my home country back then - almost as if history were repeating itself.
Waffen-SS
Remember when libs kept promising us the military would never use violence against the American people? Remember how they said if a tyrant became president the military would refuse orders to harm fellow Americans?
God it would be funny if there wasn't a literal genocide that needed to be ended first.
"Remember when libs kept promising us the military would never use violence against the American people? "
Was this before or after the Kent State Massacre?
You're telling me people who join the brown people murder brigade have no scrupules?
People peacefully assembling to exercise their Constitutional rights, and the guy who planned, led, and launched an actual Insurrection which obviously attacked hundreds of cops wants to claim THAT'S a rebellion.
Hopefully the protestors can get organized enough to not be crushed. Good luck, stay safe.
We need to do a literal fucking revolution
Hope the libs will finally realize this.
No they're telling people to be non-violent and to wave the American flag and not the Mexican flag
Yep, figures
The irony of the Jan 6 guy doing this lol
Most honest US politician says unlimited force to protect his elevated position is fine, but the tiniest amount of force protesting that position is illegal terrorism.
As American of an act as George Washington murdering Americans protesting a tax on whiskey.
Round two of the "the summer of '69 " is going to be a lot more intense. I genuinely do not envy everyone in the lower 48 right now.
Well, my reading of 10 U.S. Code § 12406 argues that he's full of shit. This is a law written in case of invasion.
Wow the bourgeoisie is abusing their system of law which they and only they maintain a full monopoly of and theres nothing anyone can do to stop them from deciding it means whatever they want it to mean???
Who could have seen that coming!
You’re so wrong. Well technically absolutely correct. However since might makes it right… you’re wrong since no one is standing up to stop it.
National protest. Shut down the Interstates. Hit them where it counts. Stocks and cash
The funny consequences about labeling everything as an act of rebellion is that everything suddenly becomes an act of rebellion. The door opens and now we have to deal with rebels everywhere.
ICE cant be everywhere getting everyone because there is a fucking rebellion, so that means there are captured rebels in court, on trail, with jurors ... when the rebels start getting found not guilty by their local courts they are no longer rebels ... what are they? Revolutionists.
And what's a riot? Well you see, if a shopping cart is on fire then that's a riot. If the police show up in riot gear then that's a riot. If people stand up for their rights then that's a riot.
If people are in zoot suits, that’s a riot.
feeling like fascist martial law. who could have seen it coming. i bet brandon would have stopped it. not socialists though, socialism is evil. 🙄
Sounds like a martial law in every way possible except officially being named one. I hope everyone brings their masks with them when protesting over there.